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

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

Bluebell rust,Uromyces muscari on native bluebells on Fishchowters lane ,Totnes this morning. Considering how many bluebells there are the rust is fairly rare which says something about plant resistance.

Urocystis eranthidis. Smut fungus on Winter Aconite, Eranthis hyemalis. Ketteringham church, Norfolk, seen on yesterday's bike ride with @vannabartlett.bsky.social. #Fungi #FungiFriends

Elusive but confiding - Bog Beacon tracked down at Broadland Country Park this morning. ✅

Found two different rusts on Lesser Celandine today - Bitter Chocolate Rust, Uromyces ficariae and Celandine Cluster Cup, Uromyces dactylidis. North Herefordshire

Good news for English Mycologists. The Bank's decision to include wildlife on UK banknotes has revealed that the fungus Calocybe gambosa will be on the £5 pound note. The common name of course is St. Georges mushroom so Churchill will be replaced with something equally patriotic.

This shot may not win any of them fancy #macrophotography awards, but ... Trichia crateriformis. #slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macro #OMSystem #VC55

Amethyst Deceivers in March? What is going on? #FungiFriends

Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae on Red Campion on Fishchowters Lane, Totnes this morning. I always see it this time of year in the same place, possibly on the same plant. Easily recognised as the white pollen has been replaced by dark brown fungal spores.

Mitrula paludosa - Bog Beacon #FungiFriends

Wildlife on banknotes. Which fungus would you choose? www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2026/ma...

Lots of Peziza sp. at the allotment today growing on green waste compost.

Fungi live in the galls created when Cynipid wasps lay eggs on the leaves of California Blue Oak trees. A paper in #FungalEcology compares gall fungi to fungi on the leaves, to better understand microbial communities in oak ecosystems.👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

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

We've been funding innovative research projects through Experiment.com, and here's one we're excited to spotlight: "Macrofungi of the California Archipelago" by Christian Schwarz and Dean Lyons. The Channel Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, but we know almost nothing about an entire kingdom of

Eyelash Fungus #FungiFriends

The Bog Beacons are here! 🧡 Mitrula paludosa #FungiFriends

Exploring how fungal networks shape upland treescapes markavery.info/2026/02/17/r... Interesting stuff #fungi #rewilding #cumbria #trees @britmycolsoc.org.uk @garyfungi.bsky.social

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...

Exidia glandulosa - Black Witches’ Butter. Masses of it on my walk today. #WeirdWednesday #FungiFriends

Long term studies are one of the only things you can't buy.

Some rotting Peltigera (hymenina) at Horsey Gap had this fungus on it, which I make to be Nectriopsis lecanodes, another species with a northern UK bias to its records.

Lots of Velvet Shank , Flammulina velutipes on Fishchowter's Lane ,Totnes today.

Great news 🍄 The CMS board voted to bring Follow the Rain to the Arthouse cinema in Eugene! The film explores our relationship with fungi through foraging, ecology, culture, and community. More details coming soon! youtu.be/f9N9WeFU3vA?...

Bartheletia paradoxa on Ginkgo biloba and European mistletoe hyperparasitic fungus, Sphaeropsis visci found on today's walk with the boys. #fungifriends

Coming soon! Mycology for Architecture: Methods and Applications of Mycelium Materials in the Built Environment edited by Dilan Ozkan 📖 Learn more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2wfkch7f #myceliumbasedmaterials #biodesign #biofabrication #circulardesign #regenerativematerialsystems

Did some work on my #FungiJournal the other day. A work in progress. I’ll finish it one day. Music: Detectorists - Johnny Flynn. #FungiFriends

Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s... "Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"

4 hares,3 robins,1 each of cows,horses,mice,waterfowl,dog,fox, deer and Welsh dragon. 11 cards with no animals (apart from the odd human). 2 cards with a medley of native animals (including robin and hare) and one with unidentifiable birds and a butterfly.

Available now: Field Mycology Vol 26(4) December 2025. On the front cover: Ascospores of Spirodecospora melnikii - a new genus for Western Europe, characterised by spores with spiralling ornamentation (article on page 132). Micrograph image by Jacques Fournier. ➡️ fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo...

More depressing news.

Micrograph of a rhizoid gall caused by a chytrid on Bryum moss. The infected cell contains several zoosporangia, some of which have thread-like exit tubes that release flagellated spores. Chytrids are interesting fungi that mostly lack hyphae and have mobile spores.

In our open-access Field Mycology journal, Jens H. Petersen explores the evolution of macro-photography techniques applied to tiny fungi using Lachnella alboviolascens as a case study. > Take a look at the photos & read the article online: fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo...

✨ Celebrating Fungus Photography Excellence! ✨We’re delighted to share the winning images in the #UKFungusDay 2025 #photography competition. A huge thank-you to everyone who took part - nearly 400 entries were received! See all the winning photos: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/photography2...

If you are a field mycologist, fungal biology researcher, or mycology student, join our free webinar on 11 December to hear how publishing your work with BMS journals can support both your career & the global mycology community. 👉 Register now: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/mycology_pub...

Our 2026 field mycology events include a workshop for beginners to build knowledge & develop skills, and practical field meetings for those more experienced in fungus recording. Find all BMS events here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/events.html

Do you record fungi? If so, please fill in this short Fungus Recorder Online Survey (closes on 30th November)... www.linkedin.com/posts/keiron...

Job opportunity with the BMS: Events Officer. Part-time, flexible hours, home based. Covering conferences, training workshops, field meetings & outreach events. Working closely with staff & volunteers. Deadline: Friday 12 December 2025 Details: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/vacancies.html

Entoloma atromadidum, sequenced find from a Cotswold Common. One of the Big Blue Pinkgill group that contains species yet to be determined. #FungiFriends #Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Naturalist #Nature

We need a clear plan to meet the International Fungal Conservation Pledge. Fungi are essential to healthy soils and ecosystems — they cannot remain invisible in policy. #Biodiversity #NatureRecovery | @spun.earth

A few from Fishchowter's Lane, Totnes. The Daldinia has a hole in it so maybe it has been home to a Scarce Fungus beetle.

Bulgaria inquinans - Black Bulgar. Shiny little tree buttons. #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Another new one I've never seen or if I have I thought it was fumosa

Yesterday I had the pleasure of looking around Windsor Great Park with the amazing Ted Green. Ancient trees & very rich in fungi and invertebrates. A fascinating visit of one of our most important SACs. Appropriately (?) we had mushroom pizza in the Savill Garden restaurant for lunch.

Very pleased to have spotted Helvella macropus - Felt Saddle. Only the second time I’ve found it. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends

A selection of other fungi from Cavenham Heath NNR from todays Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray: Steccherinum ochraceum, Ramaria cf stricta, Scarlet Caterpillar Club (Cordyceps militaris) and Cowpat Gem (Cheilymenia granulata).