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After the weather postponed play this morning we had a very brief #NewYearPlantHunt in the afternoon. Much fun flushing 27 species from the streets of St Mawes.

Check out our round-up of #NewYearPlantHunt Day 3 results: the plants, the places, the style icons! Inc top tips from @bsbiscotland.bsky.social for successful plant hunting! bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2024/12/new-... 📷 @danryannature.bsky.social @sylvatica2024.bsky.social & @mixaeljones.bsky.social

It's Day 3 of #NewYearPlantHunt, best wishes to all our intrepid hunters going out today while weather is 🤞 still ok. Check out this round-up of Day Two results from the fabulous @commonbynature.bsky.social: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2024/12/new-... 📷 @danryannature.bsky.social & Matt Williamson

Two #NewYearPlantHunts done! ✅ At least one more to go…

We don't hear nearly enough about botanists as style icons, but check out what 2 very fashionable plant hunters wore on their #NewYearPlantHunt: @naturelark.bsky.social teamed her boots to the task at hand & Ada @danryannature.bsky.social opted for a gorgeous coat. What will you wear for your Hunt?

Some more group photos from the Mevagissey #newyearplanthunt today ably led by @danryannature.bsky.social

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My sister's handiwork 🥰 (She crocheted the Fly Agaric; we got Prince on the Isle of Wight.)

Wonderful Amanitas courtesy of @botanybeck.bsky.social

Christmas Tree fungi! 🍄🎄 Let’s see yours👇 🍄📷

Gobsmacked to meet this glorious golden being today. So much so that this fungus has parachuted straight into my ‘Top 10 Most Brilliant Mushrooms’ list… Phaeolepiota aurea, the Golden Bootleg. 💛

The architecture of a Meadow Waxcap (Cuphophyllus pratensis) 🍄📷

This account will now only post Parrot Waxcaps. Sorry for the inconvenience.

P A R R O T W A X C A P S 🦜🦜

The wrinkliest Wrinkled Club of all? 🍄📷

What’s the best colour in nature and why is it blue 🍄📷

P I X I E C U P S 🧚‍♀️

J E L L Y B A B I E S 🍄

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On this Samhain or All Hallows’ Eve, here are some mysterious fungi from the thin places of the world 🍄👻 🧙‍♀️Witch’s Hat (Hygrocybe conica) 🖐️ Dead Man’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) 👺 Devil’s Fingers (Clathrus archeri) 👻 Spooky Spindles (Clavaria fumosa) 🍄📷

P A R R O T W A X C A P 🦜

Mushrooms the size of your rucksack 🎒 🍄📷

Literally me rn 🍄📷

Y E L L O W S T A G S H O R N 🦌

Hold me closer tiny mushroom.

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A good day! I met my first Fly Agaric of the year, pushing up through the woodland floor.

S U L P H U R T U F T 🍄

Good morning!

📢 NOT A MUSHROOM, but worth it (Chrysolina bankii, a leaf beetle)

Good morning, mushroom fans 🍄📷

Did you know that tomorrow, 21 October is #NationalMossDay? It's been launched by the British Bryological Society to help celebrate their centenary year, so let's support them here on Bluesky! #BritishBryophytes #IrishBryophytes bsky.app/profile/did:...

The Blusher living up to its name at the base of a Beech tree.

D E C E I V E R S

Have seen about 20 species of macro-fungi and it’s not even lunch-time yet. 10/10 day 🍄

P U H P O W E E 🍄 “The force which causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight…” moonmagazine.org/robin-wall-k...

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Jewels of the woodland floor 💜

D U N G F U N G U S 🐄

A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to meet two (of the three) species of British Hericiums in the same day. Extraordinarily, they were growing about 10ft apart! 🦁 🍄📷 Hericium erinaceus (Bearded Tooth) and H. cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth). Just need to find H. coralloides (Coral Tooth) now… 🪸

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Morning, mushroom fans. What shall we post today? 🍄

Ok, back on the mushroom train. Meet the wonderful and bizarre Orange Porecap. Or the Ping-Ping Bat fungus. 🧡

📢 NOT A MUSHROOM, but worth it (Pale Tussock Moth caterpillar 💚)

Most mushrooms have awesome names. Destroying Angel, Deer Shield, Golden Spindles, Fly Agaric, Satan’s Bolete etc. But, not this one. Can I introduce the most boring fungi in the forest… The BEIGE CORAL

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EVEN I CAN ID THIS ONE ✅ PARASITIC BOLETE 🍄

Anyone find it much easier to ID other people’s finds than your own?

My inboxes across all platforms groaning with mushroom pictures. 🍄