Lukas Large
@lukaslarge.bsky.social
Natural Science Curator. Natural History, particularly fungi, Museums, Heritage & Art
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Oh! Now I get it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oh! Now I get it.
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A unique arsenic profile with unusual arsenic compounds discovered in the edible mushroom Sparassis crispa
#mushroom
#Sparassis
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#mushroom
#Sparassis
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A unique arsenic profile with unusual arsenic compounds discovered in the edible mushroom Sparassis crispa - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
The edible and medicinal mushroom Sparassis crispa contains a diverse profile of arsenic species. We investigated the arsenic profile of extracts from four different fruiting bodies of S. crispa origi...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A unique arsenic profile with unusual arsenic compounds discovered in the edible mushroom Sparassis crispa
#mushroom
#Sparassis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#mushroom
#Sparassis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We recently received documents relating to #Cluedo and its creator and designer, Anthony and Elva Pratt. A small display of documents is now on show on Level 4 until the end of January 2026 www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article... #LibraryofBham
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We recently received documents relating to #Cluedo and its creator and designer, Anthony and Elva Pratt. A small display of documents is now on show on Level 4 until the end of January 2026 www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article... #LibraryofBham
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Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum - BBC News share.google/7Qv94t3X2q9K...
Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum
Anthony Pratt's daughter explains how evenings performing at country hotels inspired the murder-mystery game.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cluedo inventor's daughter hands over archives to Birmingham museum - BBC News share.google/7Qv94t3X2q9K...
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Do you record fungi? If so, please fill in this short Fungus Recorder Online Survey (closes on 30th November)...
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Fungus Recorder Online Survey | Keiron Derek Brown
Do you record fungi? If so, please fill in our short Fungus Recorder Online Survey (closes on 30th November).
The survey is open nationwide and invites everyone involved in fungi recording to share t...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Do you record fungi? If so, please fill in this short Fungus Recorder Online Survey (closes on 30th November)...
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Our latest podcast is out now.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Maialen Maugers (who has researched the museum) and Robert O'Toole from Warwick were given a tour and a chance to discuss the museum's makeover with head of participation at BMAG, Andrea Bonnell.
open.spotify.com/episode/4kIH...
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Maialen Maugers (who has researched the museum) and Robert O'Toole from Warwick were given a tour and a chance to discuss the museum's makeover with head of participation at BMAG, Andrea Bonnell.
open.spotify.com/episode/4kIH...
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Our latest podcast is out now.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Maialen Maugers (who has researched the museum) and Robert O'Toole from Warwick were given a tour and a chance to discuss the museum's makeover with head of participation at BMAG, Andrea Bonnell.
open.spotify.com/episode/4kIH...
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Maialen Maugers (who has researched the museum) and Robert O'Toole from Warwick were given a tour and a chance to discuss the museum's makeover with head of participation at BMAG, Andrea Bonnell.
open.spotify.com/episode/4kIH...
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
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
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Do you enjoy cat videos? 🐱
A new study published in #RESJournal Insect Conservation & Diversity reveals how domestic cats may be impacting #arthropod #biodiversity using social media of cats preying on insects & spiders 🕷️
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#RESInsectConsDiv #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity
A new study published in #RESJournal Insect Conservation & Diversity reveals how domestic cats may be impacting #arthropod #biodiversity using social media of cats preying on insects & spiders 🕷️
🔗 buff.ly/j73gCmb
#RESInsectConsDiv #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity
Social media highlights the overlooked impact of cats on arthropods - Journal Highlight - Royal Entomological Society
First published: 19 November 2025. An exciting and unusual article published in RES journal Insect Conservation and Diversity explores how social media can help provide data for cat predation on arthropods:...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Do you enjoy cat videos? 🐱
A new study published in #RESJournal Insect Conservation & Diversity reveals how domestic cats may be impacting #arthropod #biodiversity using social media of cats preying on insects & spiders 🕷️
🔗 buff.ly/j73gCmb
#RESInsectConsDiv #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity
A new study published in #RESJournal Insect Conservation & Diversity reveals how domestic cats may be impacting #arthropod #biodiversity using social media of cats preying on insects & spiders 🕷️
🔗 buff.ly/j73gCmb
#RESInsectConsDiv #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity
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Out next week! The 30th anniversary edition of Jeff Noon's Pollen, with a new intro by Aliya Whiteley and a new afterword by Jeff.
Looking smart and cool alongside the 30th anniversary edition of Vurt with a new intro by @adamroberts.bsky.social and a new afterword by Jeff.
Looking smart and cool alongside the 30th anniversary edition of Vurt with a new intro by @adamroberts.bsky.social and a new afterword by Jeff.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Out next week! The 30th anniversary edition of Jeff Noon's Pollen, with a new intro by Aliya Whiteley and a new afterword by Jeff.
Looking smart and cool alongside the 30th anniversary edition of Vurt with a new intro by @adamroberts.bsky.social and a new afterword by Jeff.
Looking smart and cool alongside the 30th anniversary edition of Vurt with a new intro by @adamroberts.bsky.social and a new afterword by Jeff.
Quinces really are magnificent fruit
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Quinces really are magnificent fruit
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Yet another reminder to stop using anything this guy owns. He's toxic and everything he touches is toxic. He cashes in on other people's misery.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Yet another reminder to stop using anything this guy owns. He's toxic and everything he touches is toxic. He cashes in on other people's misery.
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
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
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
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
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An engraved plate from my 1827 copy of Elements of Botany by Benjamin Smith Barton, one of the first professors of natural history in the U.S. & who built the largest collection of botanical specimens in the country. This was considered the first U.S. botany textbook. 🌱 🐡 📚💙
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
An engraved plate from my 1827 copy of Elements of Botany by Benjamin Smith Barton, one of the first professors of natural history in the U.S. & who built the largest collection of botanical specimens in the country. This was considered the first U.S. botany textbook. 🌱 🐡 📚💙
It's always great to hear that Wisdom is back!
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's always great to hear that Wisdom is back!
Dudley has some lovely buildings, pity the town has such a run down vibe
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Dudley has some lovely buildings, pity the town has such a run down vibe
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Did you know Kew’s Library and Archives hold 7,000+ Indian illustrations? This vibrant Pajanelia longifolia piece by Vishnupersad - commissioned by Nathaniel Wallich - is now on show. Explore Flora Indica at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery through April 2026. #KewLA
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Did you know Kew’s Library and Archives hold 7,000+ Indian illustrations? This vibrant Pajanelia longifolia piece by Vishnupersad - commissioned by Nathaniel Wallich - is now on show. Explore Flora Indica at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery through April 2026. #KewLA
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An illustration of Agaricus muscarius from Illustrations of British mycology, Anna Maria Hussey.
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
An illustration of Agaricus muscarius from Illustrations of British mycology, Anna Maria Hussey.
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Rockart at Whitehill near Faifley, West Dunbartonshire. #StandingStoneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Rockart at Whitehill near Faifley, West Dunbartonshire. #StandingStoneSunday
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The stripyest of pretty little fungus gnats! Flies that breed mostly in fungi, harmless - don't bite (they may not even have mouth parts or feed, correct me if I'm wrong). I've reared lots of sorts from fungi. Important in recycling, vital food for insectivores @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Legs, wings, spines abound!
Fungus gnat fornication.
Making more lil' flies.
#Mycetophilidae
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Fungus gnat fornication.
Making more lil' flies.
#Mycetophilidae
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The stripyest of pretty little fungus gnats! Flies that breed mostly in fungi, harmless - don't bite (they may not even have mouth parts or feed, correct me if I'm wrong). I've reared lots of sorts from fungi. Important in recycling, vital food for insectivores @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
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Let us prance upon the spoor / Where the trotters tap the floor / And the nimble elfin grin / Heralds bliss forever more.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Let us prance upon the spoor / Where the trotters tap the floor / And the nimble elfin grin / Heralds bliss forever more.
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Tiny fruiting bodies of Green elf cup (Chlorciboria aeruginascens) found this morning near Bavelaw Marsh at Red Moss of Balerno Nature Reserve. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Macro @scotwildlife.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tiny fruiting bodies of Green elf cup (Chlorciboria aeruginascens) found this morning near Bavelaw Marsh at Red Moss of Balerno Nature Reserve. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Macro @scotwildlife.bsky.social
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“There is no world where this makes any sense,” said David Autor, one of the MIT professors who had previously championed his student’s research. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“There is no world where this makes any sense,” said David Autor, one of the MIT professors who had previously championed his student’s research. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
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Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are called the unicorn of the sea — for obvious reasons.
This illustration by Louis A. Sargent comes from "The wild beasts of the world", v. 2 (1909), contributed to BHL by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19657038 #SciArt #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌊
This illustration by Louis A. Sargent comes from "The wild beasts of the world", v. 2 (1909), contributed to BHL by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19657038 #SciArt #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌊
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are called the unicorn of the sea — for obvious reasons.
This illustration by Louis A. Sargent comes from "The wild beasts of the world", v. 2 (1909), contributed to BHL by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19657038 #SciArt #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌊
This illustration by Louis A. Sargent comes from "The wild beasts of the world", v. 2 (1909), contributed to BHL by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19657038 #SciArt #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌊
Many health cranks and grifters can seem harmless, but they exist in a continuum with truly dangerous groups and ideas
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Many health cranks and grifters can seem harmless, but they exist in a continuum with truly dangerous groups and ideas