The lovely Coralroot (Cardamine bulbifera) & it’s relative Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) in Somerset this evening 🤍 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Sadly I couldn’t find any Pasqueflower at Martin Down NNR, despite extensive searching! Saw a few other things though - thousands of Hairy Violets, Yew & Spotted Orchid rosettes 💜 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Green-winged orchids at Barrington Hill meadows today along with Adder’s Tongue Fern & a single beautiful red Cowslip which comes up every year amongst thousands of yellow ones! 💜 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The very rare Perfoliate Pennycress (Microthlaspi perfoliatum) at a known site in Somerset this afternoon 💚 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I was so lucky to find a solitary Spring gentian in flower on March 27th. County Galway. #wildflowerhour what an exquisite flower.

Went to see the Alpine Pennycress (Noccaea caerulescens) at Priddy today & wasn’t disappointed - stunning plant! 💕 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I’ve been to see this rare plant at the Avon Gorge today - Bristol Rock Cress, Arabis scabra 🤍 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

These were an absolute treat to find today! Successional Ear-pick fungi, Auriscalpium vulgare. #FunkyFungi #FungiFriends #Fungi #Moss #Photography

A few nice walks with Ruby the last couple of days. Saw the very tiny Hutchinsia (Hornungia petraea) for the 1st time & my first Common Whitlowgrass of the year. Plus a Deer Shield mushroom 🍄‍🟫🤍🌿

Look at this amazing cushion my very talented mum has crocheted for me! 🌿🍄✨💜🌸

Intended to have a productive foray but Rubes & I were beaten by the rain & wind & turned back after 30 mins - all I found was a single (but perfect) Humpback Brittlegill (Dorset) #Fungi #Mushrooms

A Forest of Fungi! Autumn in Bushy Park. #fungi #bushypark #renewal #woodlandphotography #nature #photographersunited #Sonyalpha

It´s all about fungi! Arrhenia rickenii #fungifriends #nature #mycology #fungi #photography #macro

The most vibrant Goblet Waxcaps I’ve ever seen, in Dorset 🧡❤️ #Fungi #Mushrooms

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Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis) - At least twice the usual number of mushrooms pushing their way up through the dead bracken alongside the wood-rushes 🩷🌿 #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms

Tiny earpick fungus on a pine cone. #fungifriends #mushroommonday #mycology

Aseroe ruber - Anemone stinkhorn 😳 This specimen is immature, yet to fully burst from its egg sack. #allthingsfungi #weirdfungi #aseroerubra #fungifriends

Since we started doing #NoMowMay in 2020, I’ve been hoping for an orchid to pop up in my lawn. But I’ll take two Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis)! AKA Ballerina Waxcap… of course they are 🩰 #MushroomMonday #fungi #mushroom

Birch Bolete 🍄‍🟫 at Powerstock Nature Reserve in Dorset #Fungi #Mushrooms

Ecstatic to find a small colony of Pipe Club - apparently common but first time I’ve spotted it 🤩✨🍂 #Fungi

A pair of Bovine Bolete (Suillus bovinus) in a stand of Pine & Beech 🌲🌳🍂 #Fungi #Mushrooms

A nibbled Birch Bolete in the Blackdowns (Leccinum) 🍄‍🟫🍂✨ #Mushrooms #Fungi

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Crab Brittlegill, Birch Brittlegill, Chestnut Bolete & Bloody Brittlegill from Wareham Forest 🍄‍🟫❤️🍂 #Mushrooms #Fungi #MushroomMonday

Primrose Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) seen near Wareham Forest last week 🩷 #MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms

It really is the season of purple shrooms. Violet webcap (Cortinarius violaceus). #fungifriends

Yellow Swamp Brittlegill (Russula clarofava) in a wet birch woodland near Wareham this morning 💛 #Fungi #Mushrooms

I don’t see many Fly Agaric in the Blackdowns so it’s always nice to find one 🍄😍🍄 #Fungi #Mushrooms

Nice to find Blue Band Brittlegill - Russula chloroides, showing the distinctive turquoise ring at the top of the stem #Fungi #Mushrooms

They seem to have slowed now but this has definitely been an excellent year for Boletes. I’ve seen many species for the first time this year, including Devil’s Bolete, Bilious Bolete, Inkstain Bolete, Oak Bolete, a white Penny Bun & more! #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

Beautiful pink Brittlegills - probably ‘The Flirt’ Russula vesca, growing with Oak & Beech 💕🌳 #Fungi #Mushrooms

Huge variety of Brittlegills & Milkcaps fruiting at the moment #Fungi #Mushrooms

First Fly Agarics of the year for me, plus some False Deathcap 🍄‍🟫🍄 #Fungi #Mushrooms

Charcoal Burner with Beech in the Blackdowns #Fungi #Mushrooms

Plums and Custard (Tricholomopsis rutilans) at Wayford Woods 🩷💛 #Fungi #Mushrooms

A couple of beautiful Webcaps from Somerset 💜🤎 for #MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms

Shaggy Inkcap, AKA The Lawyer’s Wig - Coprinus comatus 🤍 #MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms

Found a beautiful Brittlegill & have been to a workshop today to try & get it sequenced to find out which species it is - fingers crossed it works! #Fungi #Mushrooms

Geastrum pectinatum (EN beret earthstar, PL gwiazdosz długoszyjkowy). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #grzyby #fungi #fungifriends #mycology

Have always wanted to see this one 😍 Devil’s Bolete - Rubroboletus satanas 👹 - I actually picked this thinking it was Caloboletus radicans & was surprised to find it was this! Have left it with another one growing next to it #Fungi #Mushrooms

Seven Boletids in a single day in a West Yorkshire valley, from top left clockwize - Suillus grevillei, Imleria badia, Xerocomellus cisalpinus, Leccinum scabrum, L. cyaneobasileucum, Xerocomellus pruinatus, Neoboletus erythropus.

I’m definitely obsessed with mushrooms - now have mushroom ornaments in my cactus pots 😆🌵🍄 #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi

Milkcaps & Brittlegills - my favourites to try & identify - i think these are Russula pseudointegra, Lactarius azonites, L. zonarius & L. semisanguifluus #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms

Lots of Boletes in Somerset - Lurid Bolete, some kind of Ruby Bolete, Weeping Bolete & Matte Bolete #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

Colourful mushrooms for #FungiFriday Twig Parachute, Burgundydrop Bonnet, Scarletina & a Pinkgill #Fungi #Mushrooms

Bonnet mushrooms including Lilac Bonnet & Rosy Bonnet for #FungiFriday

Collared Earth Stars (Geastrum triplex) now appearing out of the leaf litter in woodlands. These were seen today in The Scottish Wildlife Trusts' Duddingston and Bawsinch Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon @scotwildlife.bsky.social

The beautiful & rare white Penny Bun - Boletus edulis var. alba, in Somerset 🤍🤩 #Fungi #Mushrooms #MushroomMonday @britmycolsoc.org.uk

Weeping Bolete, growing in moss at the base of a pine tree 🌲🍄‍🟫 #Fungi #Mushrooms @britmycolsoc.org.uk