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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 12h

Waxcap 2 - Toasted Waxcap (Cuphophyllus colemannianus). Generally restricted to calcareous grasslands. Beautiful brown cap (hence toasted), pale stipe, decurrent gills and very distinctive interconnected veins between them.

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 22h

Waxcap 1- Yellowfoot Waxcap (Cuphophyllus flavipes).
Named for the yellow base to the stipe. Cap is a beautiful purple grey, gills are a paler grey with a decurrent gill attachment. I find it to be one of the early fruiting species.

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 22h

It's been a late start this year with the dry weather but the grassland fungi are finally appearing. I'm going to post a waxcap species each day as we move through peak fruiting season, hoping to encourage folks to recognise and record this important group. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutety amazing find! Please remember to record it ☺️

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 9d

Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) naturalised on a beach edge. Nice to see a few plants hosting Ustilago cynodontis #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 9d

Will message you ☺️

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 9d

Leersia oryzoides (Cut Grass) 😍 First plant in the BSBI handbook, has always felt like a bit of a mythical species. I finally made the trip down to meet this incredible plant at Amberley Wildbrooks last week. #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 9d

Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata) and Bristol Rock Cress (Arabis scabra) from the Avon gorge last weekend 😍 It had been a far too long since I last explored those magical slopes #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 9d

Some fabulous stands of Hog's Fennel (Peucedanum officinale) in Kent including many hosting the rust fungus Puccinia rugulosa 😍 #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 9d

Two fab carrots from down that way also. Bupleurum tenuissimum, mostly in fruit now and Bupleurum falcatum flowering away on its road verge. #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · 9d

Been hoping to meet this beauty for years. Atriplex pedunculata (Pedunculate Sea Purslane) from last week down in the southeast 😍 #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Sep 15

Reversed Clover was another #favouriteplant and a nice suprise when out in Jersey! Some other gorgeous plants seen whilst there: Jersey fern (Anogramma leptophylla), Small Melilot (Melilotus indicus) and Dwarf Rush (Juncus capitatus)

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Sep 15

It's so difficult to pick a #favouriteplant after a year filled with such wonderful botanical adventures. Meeting Purple Coltsfoot (Homogyna alpina) for the first time on the slopes of the magnificent Corrie Fee definitely stands out 😍 #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Sep 7

It was gorgeous to meet Bog Jellydisc (Sarcoleotia turficola) for the first time this week! Not a commonly recorded species, these were growing in a nice area of blanket bog.

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Sep 7

The gorgeous Red Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis angustifolia) flowering beautifully this week in Shropshire 😍 #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just a few of the gorgeous and special plants seen whilst exploring the west of Ireland last week 😍 Triangular Club-rush (Schoenoplectus triqueter), Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum) and Groenlandia densa (Opposite-Leaved Pondweed). @bsbiireland.bsky.social

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Aug 24

Cottonweed (Achillea maritima). Sadly extinct in Britain but still hanging on in Ireland. Only one patch of wild plants left but the introduced progeny of these plants look to be thriving. It was really special to see them in full flower #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Aug 24

I've had a pretty incredible botanical week, full of beautiful landscapes and very special plants. Fitting to end it meeting Goldilocks Aster (Galatella linosyris) for the very first time 😍 A rare beauty restricted to just a handful of sites in Britain #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Aug 3

Limestone Woundwort (Stachys alpina) flowering in great numbers at one of its Denbighshire sites 😍 #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Aug 3

Gorgeous morning at Nob end SSSI. Fascinating industrial history to what is now a mosaic of habitats including some beeeeeautiful calcareous grassland 😍 1000's of Orchid's although in fruit now. Carline Thistle, Adders Tongue, Autumn Gentian some of the other star plants #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Aug 3

Luronium natans (Floating Water Plantain) looking fabulous on the Montgomery canal 😍 #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Jul 15

Some nice comparison shots from recently. The lacinatus was a new species for me and incredibly distinctive regardless of the uncut leaves, having white flowers and being at least twice as tall as any Teasel I'd ever seen! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Jul 13

Some rather delightful neophytes from local botanising this morning. Potentilla indica (False/Yellow flowered Strawberry) and Dipsacus lacinatus (Cut Leaved Teasel). The Dipsacus had very variable leaves from strongly toothed to deeply incut but was quite a distinct plant #wildflowerhour

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Jul 7

Oh wow, never seen this! Only ever see Coleroa robertiani on G. robertianum really

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mattrjones.bsky.social @mattrjones.bsky.social · Jul 7

The first was close to a track but the second two I reckon are the progeny of deliberate plantings on the bog.

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