The Complete Fungi by David S. Hibbett presents a broad and accessible overview of fungal diversity, evolution, and ecology. Available 5 May! Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Fungi #Mycology #Nature

Sometimes the fairy rings caused by St. George's mushroom - Calocybe gambosa, are fairly obvious. Showing where to look for them #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday #UKwildlife

Remember when everyone was trying to convince us the metaverse was the future?

Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria), Wychbury Hill fort

This is the tiny caterpillar of a Common Fern Moth (Psychoides filicivora). It lives in the spores on the underside of fern leaves, in this case the Hartstongue Fern #UKwildlife

Sunday book review: Fungi and Human Life by Nicholas Money Review: markavery.info/2026/04/19/s... Publisher: @princetonupress.bsky.social "a very good popular science book" #fungi #funbook @britmycolsoc.org.uk @newyorkmyc.org

The Spring Heath Robberflies (Lasiopogon cinctus) are out in south Staffordshire #UKwildlife @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

Many Green Longhorn moths (Adela reaumurella) in the woods and hedgerows #UKwildlife

Saw some nice insects today, like this sparkly Phyllobius weevil #UKwildlife

Today's #CrapColourisation with added AI slop. The unwonted copper roof to the church tower, the vastly extended pond (which doesn't reflect the 'new' roof and reflects the church weirdly), an extra telegraph/phone pole...

Love these Dandelions in front of Millennium Point, Birmingham

First time I've seen AI used like this: "Illustrations were produced after tunning four iterations on a large language model (OpenAI 2025), by prompting detailed written taxonomic descriptions together with the upload of a minimum of 2 field photographs per species"

🌿 One week to go until the City Nature Challenge! 🌿 Check out the events happening across Birmingham & the Black Country via our 2026 events poster. Event details & links on our CNC webpage (link in comments). Grab your phone, head outside, and spot local wildlife! 🌍📸

This looks good:

University of Birmingham have a live feed for the nesting Peregrines on the Old Joe clock tower. www.youtube.com/live/4dsZIFf...

Firstly, it's very easy to avoid fines: don't break the law and secondly doesn't Birmingham City Council need the money? Raising income from wealthy motorists seems good to me

Coming soon! The Glow-Worm by John Tyler 📖 This richly illustrated volume describes the life of Lampyris noctiluca and provides a comprehensive summary of the latest Glow-worm research. Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/csunu6uc #glowworm #lampyridae #beetles #bioluminescence

🎨 🦟 Beautiful illustration by Amedeo J. E. Terzi (buff.ly/rJpBWjq ) in Edwards' "Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region, Part III" (1942) #entomology #mosquitoes #taxonomy 🧪 🌍️ 🌐

🌳Its officially 10 days until the start of the City Nature Challenge!🌳 This year its running from the 24th-27th April. You can take part by taking photos or recording sound of any wild species and uploading them to iNaturalist by 10th May. Stay tuned for info about planned CNC recording events!

‘Without them there is no life on Earth’: why interest in fungi conservation is mushrooming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

These are some of the factors driving butterfly declines too

Exciting fungi book news: Ascomycete.org will publish the first volume of a series of books titled Pézizomycètes d'Europe this year. Edited by Nicolas Van Vooren, with contributions from specialists from several countries #MycoBookClub #FungiFriends

Edible and poisonous mushrooms: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1894. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2905285) #nature #illustration #art

It's liiiive www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLp9...

Publication seems a REALLY long way off, but do reach out if you'd like to schedule a book signing, talk, reading, podcast interview, exhibition, or any combination of the above to help get A New Unfeathered Bird off to a flying start next year. 'A celebration of all birds, across all time'.

Four London transport posters by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1920s. Loads more info on these and other posters, at www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/...

Navelwort. Umbilicus rupestris. Keep a look out for the rust fungus Puccinia umbilici.

Morels in the middle of Birmingham, UK #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Morels in the middle of Birmingham, UK #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Only 2 weeks or so to go until Birmingham and the Black Country takes part in the City Nature Challenge! This one looks to be the biggest ever with about 790 city areas worldwide taking part in the global wildlife recording challenge, including a record 29 from the UK!

I love the weird faces of Criorhina ranunculi, seen at Sarehole Mill #UKwildlife #Diptera #flies

This week's new walking route is: Frankley - Longbridge 5.7 miles along the highest stretch of the Midlands Watershed Ridge, and past some of the former Austin Rover Longbridge factory Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/04/10/f...

There are probably still angry locals complaining about this project industrialising the countryside or spoiling their view

To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds. See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w

This looks good: "We are hosting a Showcase evening of our work on Friday 10th April- 6-8pm and we'd love you to come along! This project combines our passion for Black Country heritage, natural history and design. We present... Siluria! A deep-dive into the Black Country's Tropical past!"

Important piece on the uncritical and credulous embrace of AI by the UK government. It's been immensely frustrating watching this happen. They seem to be in thrall to the hype of tech CEOs and boosterists, with no sceptical voices to moderate it. www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...

Join #NFBRConference2026 7-8(-9) May for: 1) Amazing speakers - u can see the line up (and book!) here: bit.ly/4sZO4iz 2) Insights into the wonderful world of #BiologicalRecording 3) A cracking field trip (if u can stay on for Sat) 4) Lots of tea, coffee, lunch and chats! #Biodiversity pls share!

Back in 2024, I found a population of Golden-fringed Mason Bee nesting in discarded ammunition casings on the MoD Castlemartin Range. Today I revised the bees with volunteers from the 'Natur am Byth!' project. Most haven't yet emerged, but we did find one male roosting inside a Heath Snail shell.

The shelves have been burning it's been flying off them so fast! 🔥 Another cracker from Geoffrey Kibby, have you got your copy yet? www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/cup-...

Nice to see. Much better than a diesel generator for remote moth trapping!

Fun with aquatic hyphomycetes: Fay Newbery's @fayrnhawk.bsky.social Field Mycology article is an engaging introduction to this understudied group of microscopic fungi, which break down plant material & prevent clogged waterways. See the treasures in river foam here: doi.org/10.63482/044...

Some, er interesting electrics inside this old microscope - I'm removing them and replacing with LED illumination

'Poisonous or worthless fungi often mistaken for mushrooms' by Worthington G Smith, 1910 #FungiFriends

Found another Helvella acetabulum, well camouflaged amoung fallen leaves - can you spot it? #FungiFriends

Nice to find good material of a tiny fungus, Bryobroma caudatum, on the liverwort Diplophyllum albicans yesterday. The fungus produces tiny fruitbodies up to only 75 microns diam. and spores with little tails. The distinctive mycelium forms a network over the host cell walls without killing them.

I managed to find the Vinegar Cup - Helvella acetabulum and the Bleach Cup - Disciotis venosa on an Easter fungus hunt today #FungiFriends #UKwildlife

Look what arrived today from @summerfieldbooks.com - another exquisitely illustrated book by Geoffrey Kibby. #MycoBookClub #Fungi #Mycology #Ascomycetes

This has been my experience with most* dog owners too. Nature reserves exist as dog toilets and nothing else. * Not all, but around 80-90%

Pee changes how some mushrooms ‘talk’ www.popsci.com/environment/...