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Jake Dalzell

@bitheolaidhe.bsky.social

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botanist and micromycologist from Belfast luıḃeolaıḋe ⁊ mıcrıṁíceolaıḋe 'e ḃunaḋ Ḃéal Feırste also interested in inverts especially gall midges my website: https://irishplants.org/ Field Guide to Plant Pathogens: https://plantpathogens.net/

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · Jun 5

I am starting a PhD and am looking for grassland restoration/rewilding sites in Northern Ireland! Please forward this flier to anyone who might be interested in having their land surveyed for fungi!

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 1d

it looks like it could be a bit of plant tissue stuck to it but worth microscopy to see

Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 3d

would you recommend?

Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 6d

It's that time of the year again – look out for blackened veins on yellowed leaves of Ribwort Plantain, caused by the fungus Spilopodia nervisequia!
#FungiFriends

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 7d

Accidentally scythed off in #LyeValley #fen, this small delicate inkcap toadstool made my day with its fragile beauty. Maybe a small Hare's foot inkcap, Coprinopsis lagopus?
#fungifriends @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

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Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social · 11d

It's impossible not to love the Merveille du Jour. Just incredible moths! #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 11d

maybe all dipterocarps look the same 🤔

Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 11d

is that danum valley? I feel like I've stood beside that exact tree lol

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 13d

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)

Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 14d

I agree

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 15d

the intersection of chytrids and bryophilous pathogens must be one of the least studied fungal groups

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 17d

I've arrived in Aberystwyth where I'll spend the winter learning fungal (meta-)barcoding and working on some theoretical background for my research on plant-pathogen networks in grasslands. It was nice to find a species new to me as I explored the town: the rust fungus Puccinia umbilici on Navelwort

the underside of a round leaf with two pale circular patches on it; in the centre of each pale patch are small brown dots which are the sporulating structures of a rust fungus

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to everyone who gave me camera advice – as it turns out my grampa had a small camera he never used lying around that is absolutely perfect. I took it for a test run: here is Coleosporium euphrasiae on Eyebright and Podosphaera plantaginis on Ribwort Plantain.
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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 24d

On Saturday I led a workshop on plant pathogens. We saw a wide variety of species and found just how ubiquitous this group is, in spite of rain and hail! It's been great to see more people recording pathogens, and I hope events like this will make it more accessible.
#FungiFriends

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 24d

My favourite wildflowers of the year,meadows of Devil's bit scabious and Purple loosestrife. A joy to see these meadows.#wildflowerhour

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 27d

chluinfeá go ngeobhaidh i dtír chonaill ach tá sé annamh go bhfios dom

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 28d

what is the purpose of the "pipes" in Gymnosporangium?

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Ruhrpott-Pilze @ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social · 29d

Gymnosporangium cornutum ex Sorbus aucuparia

#Sorbusaucuparia #Sorbus #Eberesche #Vogelbeere #rowan #Sorbierdesoiseleurs #sorbodegliuccellatori #serbaldeloscazadores #Gymnosporangiumcornutum #Gymnosporangium #Phytopathology #Rustfungus #Rostpilz #Pilz #Fungus #Nature #FungiFriends

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 29d

1 is something I've seen a lot but haven't managed to get spores out of

2 is probably Phragmidium sp. (a rust) but need to see the underside

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was pleased, it's new to me and only has one previous Irish record (Clare, 1993) though it is probably common

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Protomyces is an odd name, I'm not sure what the story is

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · Sep 8

I had the pleasure of visiting a meadow managed by @donnarainey4.bsky.social today. Only when I got home did I notice the swelling on the midrib of this Dandelion leaf, which turned out to be the leaf smut Protomyces pachydermus.
#FungiFriends

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Sep 8

A clear sign we are no longer a democracy. When the regime loses in court, it continues to do the same illegal thing and no one is able to stop it.

Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Crimson, scooping every news outlet not run by undergraduates working in between classes, gets into how court orders mandating return of research funding have been flaunted, and makes a clear case for contempt proceedings against DOGE officials. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

"Young ordered the restoration of $783 million in federal funding for fiscal year 2025 — a portion of which, totaling millions, was allocated to Harvard — before the Supreme Court stayed the order nearly two months later. (The total multi-year funding pool affected by Young’s ruling included $3.8 billion in grants, many of which were partially paid out before the freeze. According to a Crimson analysis of court filings, Harvard was awarded more than 140 grants within that pool, with a combined multi-year value exceeding $60 million.)

Harvard expected the grants listed in Young’s ruling to flow back to researchers, according to a person familiar with the matter, even though the White House had imposed a block on all Harvard grants as part of its initial funding cut in April.

But the funds never arrived, and Harvard wrote in an August press release from the School of Public Health that the NIH was continuing to “block disbursement of any funds to Harvard University.”

According to one person, Harvard has been unable to access any funds from the NIH since April because of the restrictions imposed by DOGE through its oversight of the NIH’s payment system, including in the two-month period in which Young’s ruling mandated that grant awards listed in the ruling be resumed."

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The British Lichen Society @britishlichensociety.org.uk · Sep 5

An opportunity of a lifetime for budding lichenologists. The National Trust and the Royal Botanics, Edinburgh are offering a PAID lichen traineeship in #Scotland! The work programme looks fascinating and a great opportunity to develop skills. Deadline: 3/10/2025. www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · Sep 6

what's your setup?

Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Phacellium alborosella on Mouse-Ear Chickweed.
#FungiFriends #WildWebsWednesday