Stevie P
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Mostly orchids and fungi (with the odd bird and insect thrown in)
My one and only Pink/Ballerina Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis ) of the year so far (from an area with dozens last year). Plus some bonus Golden Waxcaps (Hygrocybe chlorophana) and a lovely Cordyceps militaris. Surrey 25/11/25 #fungi #FungiFriends #surrey
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My one and only Pink/Ballerina Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis ) of the year so far (from an area with dozens last year). Plus some bonus Golden Waxcaps (Hygrocybe chlorophana) and a lovely Cordyceps militaris. Surrey 25/11/25 #fungi #FungiFriends #surrey
A perennial favourite of mine, Holly Parachute - Marasmius hudsonii. I wonder how many hours I’ve spent on my hands and knees under wet Holly bushes? One photo with pen tip for scale. New Forest today 24/11/25 #fungi #NewForest #FungiFriends
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A perennial favourite of mine, Holly Parachute - Marasmius hudsonii. I wonder how many hours I’ve spent on my hands and knees under wet Holly bushes? One photo with pen tip for scale. New Forest today 24/11/25 #fungi #NewForest #FungiFriends
This week’s #thewinter10 challenge to myself, ten from Powerstock NR in Dorset. It was a bit of a struggle, but I got there eventually. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This week’s #thewinter10 challenge to myself, ten from Powerstock NR in Dorset. It was a bit of a struggle, but I got there eventually. #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Beautiful and delicate Mycena sp. (probably M. capillaris?) on Beech litter. New Forest, November 2025 #fungi #NewForest
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Beautiful and delicate Mycena sp. (probably M. capillaris?) on Beech litter. New Forest, November 2025 #fungi #NewForest
The amazing Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum). Nondescript from above, astonishingly violet from below. On fallen pine a couple of weeks ago. November 2025. Surrey. #fungi #FungiFriends 💜
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The amazing Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum). Nondescript from above, astonishingly violet from below. On fallen pine a couple of weeks ago. November 2025. Surrey. #fungi #FungiFriends 💜
Another of today’s Neolithic sites, visited while walking the South Dorset Ridgeway. This is Kingston Russell stone circle constructed around 4000 years ago. And look at that weather ! #dorset #stones #neolithic #StoneCircle
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Another of today’s Neolithic sites, visited while walking the South Dorset Ridgeway. This is Kingston Russell stone circle constructed around 4000 years ago. And look at that weather ! #dorset #stones #neolithic #StoneCircle
I visited several Neolithic sites while walking the South Dorset Ridgeway today. This is the Hell Stone, a long barrow constructed between 6000 and 4500 years ago. #dorset #stones #neolithic #LongBarrow
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I visited several Neolithic sites while walking the South Dorset Ridgeway today. This is the Hell Stone, a long barrow constructed between 6000 and 4500 years ago. #dorset #stones #neolithic #LongBarrow
Another magnificent example of Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), with Deadman’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) in the background. Powerstock NR, Dorset today 20/11/25 #fungi #FungiFriends @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another magnificent example of Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), with Deadman’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) in the background. Powerstock NR, Dorset today 20/11/25 #fungi #FungiFriends @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
It’s a Raven day 🖤
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It’s a Raven day 🖤
Slime mould Diderma hemisphaericum, with a pencil and 50 pence piece for scale - they’re quite small !! Found in the garden today on Cotoneaster leaves. #SlimeMould #dorset
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Slime mould Diderma hemisphaericum, with a pencil and 50 pence piece for scale - they’re quite small !! Found in the garden today on Cotoneaster leaves. #SlimeMould #dorset
Tricholoma sulphureum, the Sulphur Knight. It used to be referred to as the Gas Works Mushroom because of its unpleasant smell, but that just seemed to attract this fly (anyone know what it is?) Deciduous woodland, New Forest. #fungi #NewForest
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tricholoma sulphureum, the Sulphur Knight. It used to be referred to as the Gas Works Mushroom because of its unpleasant smell, but that just seemed to attract this fly (anyone know what it is?) Deciduous woodland, New Forest. #fungi #NewForest
It seemed ambitious to try for a coastal #thewinter10 but I was surprised what was still in flower. Everything photographed at Cogden Beach (part of Chesil Beach) this weekend. See ALT text #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It seemed ambitious to try for a coastal #thewinter10 but I was surprised what was still in flower. Everything photographed at Cogden Beach (part of Chesil Beach) this weekend. See ALT text #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Beautiful (but very difficult to focus on) Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psittacinus) in a Surrey churchyard. #fungi #waxcap #FungiFriends
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Beautiful (but very difficult to focus on) Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psittacinus) in a Surrey churchyard. #fungi #waxcap #FungiFriends
This Beech tree may be dead, but it’s far from lifeless!! What an amazing array of fungi (and slime moulds) found on just one log. See ALT text for some attempted IDs. #fungi #NewForest 12/11/25
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This Beech tree may be dead, but it’s far from lifeless!! What an amazing array of fungi (and slime moulds) found on just one log. See ALT text for some attempted IDs. #fungi #NewForest 12/11/25
Sadly doomed after being washed up following stormy weather, but amazing to see nonetheless. These extraordinary Goose Barnacles (Lepas anatifera) at West Bay, Dorset yesterday 13/11/25 #crustacean
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Sadly doomed after being washed up following stormy weather, but amazing to see nonetheless. These extraordinary Goose Barnacles (Lepas anatifera) at West Bay, Dorset yesterday 13/11/25 #crustacean
Artomyces pyxidatus (crown-tipped coral fungus), I think. On a large rotting Beech trunk, yesterday in the New Forest. #fungi #NewForest #FungiFriends
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Artomyces pyxidatus (crown-tipped coral fungus), I think. On a large rotting Beech trunk, yesterday in the New Forest. #fungi #NewForest #FungiFriends
Always a treat to find Cordyceps militaris (Scarlet Caterpillarclub) #fungi #NewForest #FungiFriends
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Always a treat to find Cordyceps militaris (Scarlet Caterpillarclub) #fungi #NewForest #FungiFriends
It’s a Raven day 🖤
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It’s a Raven day 🖤
The fabulous Ear-pick fungus (Auriscalpium vulgare), today on a pine cone in a Surrey wood. 11/11/25 #fungus #fungifriends
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The fabulous Ear-pick fungus (Auriscalpium vulgare), today on a pine cone in a Surrey wood. 11/11/25 #fungus #fungifriends
In an urban setting this week for #thewinter10 This small patch of former industrial land in Port Talbot always has something interesting to offer. See ALT text #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In an urban setting this week for #thewinter10 This small patch of former industrial land in Port Talbot always has something interesting to offer. See ALT text #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Snowy Waxcaps on a piece of former industrial land on the outskirts of Port Talbot, South Wales. I love watching these places revert to nature ! #fungi #fungifriends
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Snowy Waxcaps on a piece of former industrial land on the outskirts of Port Talbot, South Wales. I love watching these places revert to nature ! #fungi #fungifriends
I think this might be Ascocoryne cylichnium - Budding Jellydisc (rather than the more usual A. sarcoides, Purple Jellydisc). On rotting wood in a Dorest woodland. 1/11/25 #fungi #dorset #powerstock
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I think this might be Ascocoryne cylichnium - Budding Jellydisc (rather than the more usual A. sarcoides, Purple Jellydisc). On rotting wood in a Dorest woodland. 1/11/25 #fungi #dorset #powerstock
A beautiful little piece of summer sunshine, still in flower, for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #WildflowerHour Dorset 2/11/25
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A beautiful little piece of summer sunshine, still in flower, for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #WildflowerHour Dorset 2/11/25