Where did ten years just go?

Discussion with youngest, who objected to seeds in some grapes. I pointed out that seedless grapes would be gone in one generation if left to their own devices, and so not as nature intended, which led him to ask the intriguing question “if a grape doesn’t have a seed, is it even a fruit?”

Today’s clue’s in the question, question: “What’s the name of that mushroom cap on the conifer cone?” #coniferconecap #fungifriends

Thank you everyone that contributed to the great spelling debate (especially the messages from Canadians loving their Southern cousins losing their minds) Today’s clue’s in the question, question: “What’s that fungus that looks a bit crystal-like and s bit brain-like?” #crystalbrain #fungifriends

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Today’s clue’s in the question, question: “What’s the name of this tuft of sulphur coloured mushrooms?” #sulphurtufts #fungifriends With apologies to American readers, for whom “ph” and “ou” are tricky concepts to master

Three magnificently named mushrooms on one log - King Alfred’s Cakes, two tiny Frosty Bonnets and a Scurfy Twiglet. #fungifriends

Today’s clue’s in the question: “What’s that fungus with many pores that looks like white cheese called?” #whitecheesepolypore #fungifriends

Too many people are ascribed the “legend” moniker these days but no one deserves it more than Bonzo. Time for a beer with Bobby. ⚒️💔⚒️ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

I’ll pretend that I deliberately took this photo out of focus to give it a dream like quality, but it does at least give an interesting look to the Stinking Dapperling, a fairly anonymous looking mushroom, although it packs a punch if you’re ever daft enough to eat it. #fungifriends #toxicmushrooms

Today’s “the clue’s in the question” question: What’s that yellow mushroom in the field with the cap? #yellowfieldcap #fungifriends #fungiarethefuture

A day that the world changed forever. No one who was not young then can ever truly appreciate the seismic shift in Western culture that this record represented. There was a world before this single and a world after, and they were significantly different.

Silverleaf fungus decorated with the first frost of the autumn #fungifriends

Another magnificently named mushroom amongst our trees - Clitocybe fragrans, the Fragrant Funnel - which really does smell aniseedy up close. #fungifriends

Nice to hear I’m not the only one for whom every thing is an opportunity to bore the kids with interesting tree facts. This morning it will be Osage oranges and woolly mammoths over breakfast…

Today’s clue’s in the question: What is the name of these sticky mushroom with the scaly caps? #fungifriends #stickyscalycapmushroom

Today’s clue’s in the question - what’s is that red lead coloured round topped mushroom called? #fungifriends #redleadroundtopmushroom

The magnificently named Sordid Blewit #fungifriends

There’s a whole town of ink caps sprouting in the garden. #fungifriends

Delighted to see that West Ham are not put off employing someone as their social media manager just because they’re colour blind ⚒️

I don’t know why, but this just made day 🤣

WAITRESS: Would you like to try a quesadilla? ME: I can barely eat one dilla, let alone a whole case.

The best 6 seconds today

Whoa. Got up this morning for work and needed to turn on the lights. This is unacceptable; I am NOT ready for winter yet.

To put a smile on your face- youtu.be/6vvwo82V3go?...

Hmmm...the UK recycled oil revenue into tax cuts from its North Sea oil, whilst Norway reinvested into the country. Norway's GDP per capita has grown faster, and is now 68% higher than the UK, and at $1.5trn, Norway has the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world.

Welcome to Planet Fungi 🪐🍄 These photos may look like science fiction, but you haven't landed on another planet – these otherworldly organisms are here on Earth. 1) Marasmius sp. 2) Pseudocolus fusiformis 3) Cookeina insititia 4) Physcia jackii & Teloschistes sieberianus #FungiFriday #PlanetFungi

In case anyone’s watching Live Aid at 40 and wondering what’s next - from my programme from the day

Statistically, I am more likely than not to tear my hair out at people’s complete illiteracy when it comes to probabilities than anything else

Guernsey looks little from an Air UK F22, but it’s quite big when you’re here.

Marion & I went & saw lovely little chapel covered in broken crockery & clockmakers.

Best gig I ever saw was the Banshees at Hammersmith Palais in 1983(ish). Got crushed at the front, passed out, lifted over everyone’s heads, dumped at the back, got my breath back and made it back to the front in time for the encore. They were magnificent.

Fascinating Ed Luce interview of Steve Bannon, which really explains where MAGA is going and why it is seen as so attractive to so many, and why the first 100 days of the Trump administration is seen as such a success by so many people. www.ft.com/video/7c0c82...

Having lived in Moscow, I have no words…

The US already devotes more than 40 million acres to growing corn for ethanol fuel production. If only ~1/3 of that land were converted to solar PV, it could generate enough electricity to cover the entire country's electricity needs.

Underrated post

Today, March 20th, is Rewilding Day. To celebrate, a couple of wild Irish Atlantic rainforest images. Rewilding isn't just the means by which nature loss is reversed: it's how we can reconnect with the natural world, and each other. But Ireland is way behind: let's catch up! 🌍

The woman who taught Einstein: Emmy Noether is responsible for an idea so important that it ranks alongside Charles Darwin’s concept of evolution by natural selection as a central and unifying principle in science… marcuschown.com/article/the-... prospectmagazine.co.uk

Turkey Tail, King Alfred’s Cake and Hairy Curtain Crust (what a great name), all living happily together on a beech tree #fungifriends

Welcome to Rewild! If you have land in Ireland and you want to rewild it but are not sure how, this is the site for you! www.rewildyourland.ie

A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Been thinking about this speech a lot lately. One for all those happy to burn the rule of law because it's their side doing it this time. youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...

hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

Forest walk #fungifriends

This is the most surreal news segment I've ever seen in my 40+ years. Prisoners are interacting with the news by shouting communication over the walls and flickering light switches while watching the news on the TV from lockup.

What could possibly go wrong 🤷‍♂️

The global North needs to wake up to what Africa really is, has the potential to become and understand how to work with it on its terms, not those historically imposed from outside.

Can relate