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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 10h

Nice to see them using one of my photos: flic.kr/p/2jLEHD5

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Rod Jones @rodshelf.bsky.social · 1d

Shaggy scalycap fungi in the woods at Hardcastle Crags. #ThePhotoHour #fungi #wildlife #nature #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

Shaggy scalycap fungi - which look like little, brown parasols, are growing among lichen in the foreground. Autumnal trees can be seen in the background.

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 11h

I was surprised to find Lion's Mane mushrooms for sale in Tesco

TESCO finest

Lion's Mane Mushrooms

BRITISH

PRODUCE

* Expertly grown and known for their unique, fibrous texture and versatility.

MEATY & VERSATILE

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EcoRecord @ecorecord.bsky.social · 20h

The leaves are brown and the sky is grey, but there’s still plenty of wildlife to discover! Here are a few autumn sightings from our area, shared on iNaturalist this week:

1. Collared Earthstar (alexexploring on iNaturalist)
2. Knot Grass Moth (delrington)
3. Orange Peel Fungus (avoidasher)

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, but it might be the asexual form confistulina - it doesn't have tubes like the more usual form

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 13h

Office of Public Works (OPW) is now recruiting a Director of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland.
For more information and how to apply, see www.publicjobs.ie

Closing date for applications is 3.00pm 13th November 2025 www.gov.ie/en/office-of...

Current Vacancies

Full list of Competitions currently advertised by the Office of Public Works

www.gov.ie

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 20h

Today's work in progress: Cuphophyllus flavipes (Yellow-Foot Waxcap). This species grows on the croquet lawn of the Archbishop Holgate Hospital, West Yorkshire. #Fungi #FungiFriday

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 17h

Looks like a Hoof Fungus - Fomes fomentarius

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The Wee Owl Art (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 18h

My art shop has a selection of my original mushroom art, including these ones and some have been reduced in price, visit my shop to see my mushroom collection...
folksy.com/shops/thewee...

#Mushrooms #FungiFriday #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #bsnm #sale

A photo collage of some of my mushroom artwork:
A cluster of yellow mushrooms, fly agaric with berries, slender parasols, fly agaric in a woodland setting, indigo milk caps and penny buns with clover.

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 21h

It's always tricky at this early stage. I wouldn't worry too much about soil types. These are often preferences rather than requirements

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 22h

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub #FungiFriday

José Manuel Castro Marcote

Guía de setas dunares

Descripción de un sistema dunar completo 80 fichas de setas

Macro- y microfotografias a todo color

Observaciones de todas las especies

EllagoEdiciones

Jacques Guinberteau

LE PETIT LIVRE DES CHAMPIGNONS DES DUNES

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 23h

#MycoBookClub

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 1d

🗿 Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi"..
LondonWilliams and Norgate1881-91.

[Source]

Ancient illustration from historical archives

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate a...

www.openculture.com

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely! There's really no need to do anything this time of year except add a few more woodchips

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

The overuse of herbicides in Birmingham is crazy. This guy had just finished spraying in the wood chip bed behind him (weeds are suppressed by the wood chips - that's what they're for!), and not much is going to survive the winter, so it's a complete waste of resources @brumgreens.bsky.social

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MBA Library @nmbluk.bsky.social · 1d

It's #NautilusNight!

To shell-ebrate we have this beautiful illustration of the shell of the chambered nautilus, taken from an 18th Century book on shells by GW Knorr

hand coloured illustration of a nautilus. The top illustration shows the shell in full, and the bottom illustration shows a slice of the shell and the chmabers within.

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 1d

"For conservation, our results mean that protecting #orchids in the wild is inseparable from protecting #deadwood and its #fungi. .... And they show that deadwood is not dead—it is a cradle of new life." 📷🍄
phys.org/news/2025-10...

Deadwood brings wild orchids to life: Study uncovers important carbon flux in the ecosystem

Orchid seeds are as small as dust and do not provide any nutrients for the young plant to grow. The adult plants are known to rely on a certain type of fungi that develop structures within the plant's...

phys.org

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Lizzie Harper Illustrator @lizzie-harper.bsky.social · 1d

Had a excellent weekend painting a #botanicalillustration of a penny bun #boletus edulis #Fungi & a Rosy button one, and chatting to Fungitown visitors in Hay. My mate filmed me at work in a borrowed (appropriately themed) shirt. #sciart

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub

Riccardo Mazza

Gli odori e i sapori dei Funghi = The smells and flavours of mushrooms

Mykonolexikon 3

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Veeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · 2d

Tired: Labubus
Wired: Labouls
Laboulbeniales are a group of fungi that live on the carapace of insects. One species - Rickia wasmannii - lives on ants, and they make their host less aggressive, especially towards other laboul-infect ants
#Invertebrate
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/04/rick...

<i>Rickia wasmannii </i>

Rickia wasmannii is a fungus that lives on ants, and when it comes to ants and fungi most people usually think of Ophiocordyceps , i.e. the...

dailyparasite.blogspot.com

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 2d

A Man of Noble Character Views a Waterfall https://collections.artsmia.org/art/116372/

cream colored carton with tan stripes; wooden box with inscription on inside and outside of lid; wrapped in tissue; paper around scroll inside of tie; fabric is yellow; rollers are white porcelain with blue detail; image of a waterfall on the left with text on the right, building LL

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 2d

Birmingham's terrible public transport effectively shrinks the city to around 900k at peak times, well below Manchester even www.citymonitor.ai/analysis/bir...

“Birmingham isn’t a big city at peak times”: How poor public transport explains the UK’s productivity puzzle - CityMonitor

For a year now, the Open Data Institute Leeds has been tracking most of the buses and trams in the…

www.citymonitor.ai

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning to everyone but especially to all the octopuses, for today is their special day!

To celebrate World Octopus Day, here's an illustration of an octopus from the book 'The World of the Sea' by Moquin Tandon, published in 1869.

📷 Reserve 591.92 TAN

#WorldOctopusDay #OctopusDay #RareBooks

Cropped image showing an engraving of an octopus

Full-page engraving from a book. It shows an octopus lying on the seabed, with a squid and a cuttlefish coming towards. The cuttlefish is making a cloud. The engraving is captioned: 'Plate XI. A Poulpe. A Cuttle-Fish Making His Cloud. A Calmar'.

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GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social · 3d

It's officially spooky szn! 👻

We're back 😈

🎮 Video Game Gothic
🗣 Dr Efram Sera-Shriar
📆 Thurs 23rd Oct
🕔 5pm (BST)
📍Zoom

Efram is an Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen. He is currently working on representations of occulture in video games from late 70s & and mid-90s.

DM to join 👾

A dark event poster titled "Gothica: Video Game Gothic" with Dr. Efram Sera-Shriar.
Red text and dripping blood adorn the upper part.
Below is pixel art scenery depicting a gothic landscape with a skull and horns.
Event details show a Zoom session on Thursday, 23rd October, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm BST.
Contact @uobgothica@gmail.com

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