Happy New Year from Bernwood #fungifriends #mycology #shrooms #slimemolds

Although rare in the south of the uk I was delighted to find chrysomphalina grossula, green navel, for the second time this year in Bernwood forest. Both times on old ,mossy stumps, probably spruce. #fungifriends #mycology #naturephotography

Bernwood Forest gave me a chonky clump of oysters for Christmas #fungifriends #mycology #shrooms

Supposed to be quite common, but the orange peel fungus, aleuria aurantia has eluded me until today. Oxford park #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms

Auricularia mesenterica, Oxford park #fungifriends #mycology #shrooms #naturephotography

Chuffed to find this small, unusual earth star in Oxford park. Either geastrum floriforme, daisy earth star, or astraeus hygrometricus ,barometer earth star. Due to differing thickness in the flesh, the rays fold over to protect the spore sac as it dries. #fungifriends #mycology

Plicaturopsis crispa, crimped gill, Bernwood, uk #mycology #fungifriends

Hairy curtain crust, Bernwood #fungifriends #mycology

Puffection

Fuligo septica, Bernwood. Not an uncommon find but there was something sumptuous about this one. #fungifriends #slimemouldsunday #myxos #bernwood

Lots of panther caps, blushers and some franchetii in the same area of Bernwood #fungifriends #shrooms #bernwood

Pholiota sp, Bernwood #fungifriends #shrooms #fungi

Big mushroom, little mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #shrooms

Pluteus umbrosus, Bernwood #fungifriends

Leccinum albostipitatum, Bernwood #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms

Possibly hemistropharia albocrenulata #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms

Lepiota magnispora or clypeolaria, Bernwood #fungifriends #fungifriday

Spotted my first ever deaths head hawkmoth yesterday by the Cherwell in Oxford #mothing #hawkmoth #uknature #inverts #moths

Pluteus species all loving the decaying elm trees in Bernwood, cervinus, chrysophlebius, umbrosus and salicinus

Male sharp tailed bee,Coelyoxys sp hanging about on my bee hotel. They are kleptoparasites of leaf cutter bees, megachile sp and hairy footed flower bees both of which use the hotel #invertebrates #kleptoparasites #uknature #beehotels #insects #oxfordwildlife #macro

Black hairstreak, Bernwood Meadows, rare in uk #butterflies #ukbutterflies #hairstreaks #macro

Weird! While clearing blanket weed from an ornamental pond ,I came across three of these small capped mushrooms growing on pondweed or something on the water surface. Nobody seems to be able to id for certain so I will try to collect one for further study, Oxford #mycology #fungifriends #ukwildlife

Not rare but always lovely : 6 spot burnet #MothMatters

Beautiful red belted clearwing moth ,Oxford #TeamMoth

A lovely red- belted clearwing moth came to visit my Oxfordshire home, #moths #Oxford wildlife #clearwing #entomology #insects

There are over 6000 species of parasitic wasp in the uk, very little is known about many of them, which is strangely pleasing to me! This is one of them from my Oxford garden , any help iding much appreciated #entomology #macro #parasiticwasps #uknature #inverts

Some more treasures from Bernwood today #slimemouldsaturday #fungifriends #forestfloor #uknature #myxos

Treasure in Bernwood #slimemouldsaturday #fungifriends #forestfloor #bernwood #uknature

Beautiful demoiselles, near the Cherwell, Oxford #ukwildlife #riverlife #damselflies #inverts #entomology #insects

The sound of cuckoo in dawn chorus, otmoor,uk #dawnchorus #ukwildlife #birdsong #nature #cuckoo

Any thoughts on what this is on willow in uk? #forest #uk wildlife #naturephotography

Cinnabar moth, Oxford #ukwildlife #moth #uknature

Gymnosporangium clavariiforme on juniper sp , Oxford #fungifriends #wildlife Oxford #naturephotography

Meredon equestris , the larvae munch on your daff bulbs #hoverflies #inverts #ukwildlife #oxford

The green winged orchids are up in Bernwood meadows #nature #wildflower #orchid #oxford

Someone has discovered my bee hotel #insects #nature #inverts

Lots of gorgeous Andrena fulva flying in a sunny Oxford today#miningbees #entomology #nature

Red belted polypore, Fomitopsis pinicola growing on birch, Oxford .#fungiFriday #fungifriends

Happy to see the geopora sumneriana , Cedar cups were fruiting in Oxford today, a month later than last year #fungifriends #mushroommonday

Fulgoridae , Aphaena sp, Koh Wai , Thailand #entomology #inverts #insects #biodiversity

Trichaptum abietinum, Purplepore Bracket, quite dull from the top, gorgeous underneath, Bernwood #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #fungusfriends #Forestfloor

Witch hazel amidst the winter gloom Brings welcome relief

I think this is the plasmodium of trichia sp, Bernwood, uk. #fungiFriends #slimemouldsaturday #forestfloor #myxos

Oysters growing on buddleia cheered up my morning, Oxford #FungiFriends #Oxford #FungusFriends #mycology

2024 was variable for fungi around Oxford, but the lack of boletes etc meant discovering different species. This was an interesting one found under yew in an Oxford cemetery, sowerbyella radiculata #FungiFriends #FungusFriends #ForestFloor #mycology

Comatrichia sp (?) , a slime mould ,and polycephalomyces tomentosum, fungus, on Trichia sp of slime mould, still thriving under bark on decayed tree trunk, Bernwood #FungusFriends #ForestFloor #Bernwood #SlimemouldSunday

Still lots of winter chanterelles in good condition, Bernwood forest #FungusFriends #ForestFloor #Bernwood #mushrooms

Coelioxys sp, sharp tailed bees mating, seen last summer, Cornwall. Can anyone help with the species?#insects #invertebrates #bees #entomology #kleptoparasites

Possibly lindbladia sp slime mould, Bernwood last summer- I haven’t been to the woods for a couple of weeks so looking backwards in time! #FungiFriends #slimemouldsaturday #ForestFloor