Cedar Cups - Geopora sumneriana seen in Stourbridge #FungiFriends @ecorecord.bsky.social

Went to see the "I photograph comedians!" exhibition by Andy Hollingworth at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery yesterday. Had a great time. Each photo and memorabilia item sparked conversations about favourite sketches and routines. www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/...

🌼 Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🌼Happy St. David's Day!🌼 Daffodils have been a national symbol of Wales since the 19th century. This bookplate of daffodils is from ‘Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain’ by the botanical illustrator Anne Pratt (1806-1893).

"The practical botanist now begins to have something to do, and unable to restrain himself as the sun beams forth in splendour from an azure sky, is off to the deep recesses of the wood." Edwin Lees on March in 'The botanical looker-out'

March sees the return of bumblebee queens as they emerge from hibernation – here are some of the common species you can spot this month 👀 Have you spotted your first bumblebee of 2026? 🔎 Brush up on your bumblebee identification skills: https://ow.ly/af3U50Yi2iq

🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪

IDGAF what motorists face - if you don't like it, don't drive into Birmingham! It'll make the city much better for everyone else

Its that time of the year - SpawnWatch time! 🐸 Take part in our 2026 SpawnWatch survey and let us know if you spot frog or toad spawn in ponds across Birmingham and the Black Country.💦 Submit your sightings through this form: wildlifetrusts.wufoo.com/forms/zy45lw...

We can't wait to watch #TeamCSIRO march in the #SydneyMardiGras parade! This #FungiFriday we are getting our colours ready – and celebrating the natural diversity that makes life so interesting and beautiful! 🌈🍄 📷 Stephen Axford 1) Cruentomycena viscidocruenta 2) Hygrocybe sp. 3) Unknown sp., NSW

Gall of the week, an unusual one, is caused by a fungus on a fungus. It is Agamothyia wankowiczii on the bracket fungus Ganoderma applanatum. Photo by Graham Calow.

It's now listed on @summerfieldbooks.com www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/cup-...

🎨Stella Ross-Craig (1906-2006) is known for her skilled line drawings such as this Rosa tomentosa from her work 'Drawings of British Plants' - a series to which she dedicated 25 years! Keen to see other examples of her drawings in Kew's Library display? Details on the display below 👇 #KewLA

🌿 Read one of our latest Biological Flora accounts. It brings together all current knowledge on on Polygonatum multiflorum, a remarkable forest plant. Written by @FLEUR_network researchers & led by @ForNaLab & @INBO.be buff.ly/DPDckMO

Guillemot eggs, so pretty!

Looks like there's an asco book on the way from Geoff Kibby: 'Cup Fungi and other Ascomycetes' #MycoBookClub www.myko-service.de/p/kibby-g-cu...

Cedar cup found today! #fungi 🍄📷

Sarcoscypha coccinea #Sarcoscyphacoccinea #Sarcoscypha #ScharlachroterKelchbecherling #scarletelfcup #Pézizeécarlate #tazzascarlattadeglielfi #copicaescarlata #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

A 2nd edition of my Plants and Habitats book is now out and available from the Natural History Book Store: www.nhbs.com/plants-and-h.... Main differences from 1st edition: many species added and nomenclature & further information (e.g. habitat classifications) updated. I hope people find it useful!

#BirminghamPanoramic Birds - Eye View of Birmingham, 1886 with accompanying index identifyng. Several of the building are still standing today! Christ Church - No.19 on the index was unfortunately demolished not long after this panoramic was created. MAP/660538 #LibraryofBham

On March 20th I’m giving my professorial inaugural lecture at the Birmingham Midland Institute, ‘Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now?’ All are welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/1977877529... Or livestream www.eventbrite.com/e/1982061148... #preraphaelite

The last part abt how measles disrupts immunity vs other infections is, imo, underappreciated (& mechanism was recently clarified). It's part of why measles vaccination was seen to help beyond just reducing measles complications - not getting measles reduces severity of subsequent infections too.

Day 22 of the #Februarty prompt is #fairy. From my files... the very delicate, tiny and unusual Xylaria tentaculata, commonly called "fairy sparklers". They are a small, wood-rotting fungus found on or near decaying logs and leaf litter.

It was great to Finally after much preorder delay ,get the Magnificent European boletus vol.1 delivery this week ,a seriously nice book that I certainly wasn't going for the refund option a month or so ago in an email from Summerfield books, good things come to those that wait .

Newly described Entoloma griseopulchrum, part of the E. undulatosporum group. This was from Minchinhampton Common in the Cotswolds, confirmed by Machiel Noordeloos the genus global expert. #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #Fungi #Naturalist #UKWildlife

Like many others I've received my copy of 'A Photographic Guide to Flies of Britain and Ireland' from @naturebureau.bsky.social and was pleased to see that they used my photo of Lasiopogon cinctus. You can see the original here: flic.kr/p/2iPiywZ

Stuck in the office on this Friday afternoon? Here are some bright spring flowers courtesy of Sowerby's English Botany from our 19th Century Collection to see you towards the weekend and brighter spring days. [Ref. 19thC Coll 581.942 SOW]

Some of the incredible Roman and Prehistoric finds on display at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. Would definitely recommend a visit. 📸 mine from last weekend. #Archaeology #RomanBritain #FindsFriday #History

Sticky Feet: How Insects Inspire Technology 🐜 Join us & @amentsoc.bsky.social for the Young #VerrallLecture, where Prof. Stanislav Gorb will explore how insects’ adhesive abilities inspire innovation & design. 📍 Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair 🎟️ Free buff.ly/LXW0q5V #BritishScienceWeek

Nick fucking Land, FFS. This really is the dumbest timeline

New on the blog! Read a sample chapter of Pan-Species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social 📖 Take a look 👀➡️ https://tinyurl.com/uye72vtd #panspecies #identification #species#taxonomyy

We’re so lucky to do what we do for a living. Not only do we visit some beautiful places, but we get to play a part in the preservation & enhancement of habitats on them. We were excited about influencing the management of habitats on Field Irish Farm before we found such an interesting fungi there.

How exciting! Published tomorrow. It'll be great! #naturewatching #lowcarbon @heatherdevey.bsky.social @rebeccaonthewing.bsky.social

A ridiculous way for BBC ‘News’ to headline an article in which it’s clear that the Wildlife Trusts’ plans are overwhelmingly popular. But it has spurred me into making a donation towards this brilliant project—if you would like to chip in too, here’s the link 👇🏻 #Northumberland #Wildlife #Rewilding

There aren't many mushrooms about this time of year in England but I spotted this Psathyrella type thing on the weekend #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

Meta are unfathomably evil. You could spend the next week reading about the terrible things they've done and still have multiple horrendous stories left

Nice to see the spotted leaves of Cuckoo Pints - Arum maculatum popping up this morning

Beechmast Candlenuff - Xylaria carpophila #FungiFriends #UKwildlife #Mycology

Journeys with Mai at the Box Plymouth launched this evening - absolutely stunning - the detail in the chart by Tupaia is just amazing - seeing Reynolds portrait of Mai is also great

Just arrived in paperback! Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Grab your copy here: tr.ee/PikfcmveM1 #newbookday #grasshoppers #crickets #earwigs #mantids #stickinsects

A Japanese Satsuma ware vase painted by the renowned artist Yabu Meizan (1853–1934) during the Meiji period. #art #sculpture #painting #vase #insects

UW–Madison scientists have published new research about the makeup of death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) after learning that its spread across continents has changed the chemistry of the species. 🍄‍🟫

Publishing, reading and reviewing papers in BMS #journals helps support and promote fungal biology #research, #education, recording and #conservation. Find out how to access the journals, or how to submit your #mycology research or field studies here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/publications...

Mycena chlorophos 🟢🟢🟢 Fungi are one of the largest kingdoms of organisms, but of the over 100,000 described species, only a fraction glow in the dark. Bioluminescence, a chemical reaction that produces light, is the reason these unique organisms can brighten the night. #fungus #mushrooms #nature

Death by Fungus: a photo gallery.

Beetles and other bugs by G. Baldassini from Volume One of the Italian art portfolio series ‘Modelli D’arte Decorativa,’ published by Bestetti and Tumminelli in the 1910s. UW-Milwaukee Special Collections. #beetleart #insectart #coleoptera

🥈 Our 2nd place winner in the #InsectWeek Photography Competition is Dara Ojo (IG: explorewithdara) with a striking image captures a leafhopper overtaken by a green Metarhizium fungus, revealing the dramatic and often unseen interactions that shape tiny ecosystems. Read more & view the galleries 🔽

OUT NOW! Silver Beyond Empire The transition between late Roman and early medieval Europe edited by Alice E. Blackwell, Fraser Hunter, Andreas Rau & Martin Goldberg 📚 Read online for free or purchase your own volume at www.sidestone.com/books/silver... #silver #earlymedieval

Landscape sketch by Samuel Palmer www.britishmuseum.org/collection/i...

Shameless plug for possibly my favourite day of the year! The Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair. A brilliant event with just loads of interesting stands and people. At a new site this year so should be more space 😊😊😊😊