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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 7d

Puffection

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 10d

Blusher then, it should bruise pink where damaged

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 10d

Lovely! I think that may be a blusher, the flecks on the top aren’t white enough for pantherina. Panthers have a gutter around the top of the volva.
Does the annulus ( ring) have striations ?

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 11d

Morning!

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 11d

Fuligo septica, Bernwood. Not an uncommon find but there was something sumptuous about this one. #fungifriends #slimemouldsunday #myxos #bernwood

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 12d

Wasn’t me!

Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 12d

Sorry no! I think a blusher, this one a panther

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 12d

Yes!

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 13d

Lots of panther caps, blushers and some franchetii in the same area of Bernwood #fungifriends #shrooms #bernwood

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 14d

Pholiota sp, Bernwood #fungifriends #shrooms #fungi

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 14d

Big mushroom, little mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #shrooms

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 15d

Pluteus umbrosus, Bernwood #fungifriends

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 18d

Leccinum albostipitatum, Bernwood #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 18d

Possibly hemistropharia albocrenulata #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 21d

Lepiota magnispora or clypeolaria, Bernwood #fungifriends #fungifriday

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 22d

Spotted my first ever deaths head hawkmoth yesterday by the Cherwell in Oxford #mothing #hawkmoth #uknature #inverts #moths

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 23d

Pluteus species all loving the decaying elm trees in Bernwood, cervinus, chrysophlebius, umbrosus and salicinus

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 23d

I found 3 more there ,one of which was coming from the growing point of pickerel weed, pontederia cordata, I presume the rest were on decaying stems of the same

Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you Piotr, yes indeed it is. Someone did the microscope work and it is being sent for sequencing. There aren’t many uk records though probably pseudo rare!

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · Jun 28

Male sharp tailed bee,Coelyoxys sp hanging about on my bee hotel. They are kleptoparasites of leaf cutter bees, megachile sp and hairy footed flower bees both of which use the hotel #invertebrates #kleptoparasites #uknature #beehotels #insects #oxfordwildlife #macro

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · Jun 21

Black hairstreak, Bernwood Meadows, rare in uk #butterflies #ukbutterflies #hairstreaks #macro

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · Jun 19

Weird! While clearing blanket weed from an ornamental pond ,I came across three of these small capped mushrooms growing on pondweed or something on the water surface. Nobody seems to be able to id for certain so I will try to collect one for further study, Oxford #mycology #fungifriends #ukwildlife

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · Jun 15

Not rare but always lovely : 6 spot burnet #MothMatters

Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · Jun 15

Beautiful red belted clearwing moth ,Oxford #TeamMoth

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Chris Grimbly @chrishroom.bsky.social · Jun 14

A lovely red- belted clearwing moth came to visit my Oxfordshire home, #moths #Oxford wildlife #clearwing
#entomology #insects

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