Chris Grimbly
@chrishroom.bsky.social
Nature freak , particularly fungi, myxos, insects. The woods are my happy place, Oxford based
Supposed to be quite common, but the orange peel fungus, aleuria aurantia has eluded me until today. Oxford park #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Supposed to be quite common, but the orange peel fungus, aleuria aurantia has eluded me until today. Oxford park #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms
December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hi Jojo, you seem like a kindred spirit! I have found these beauties a few times around Oxford but you certainly found a gorgeous example. You might like this mini Volvariella hypopithys or pusilla I found this year on grass, only 2/3cm cap!
December 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Hi Jojo, you seem like a kindred spirit! I have found these beauties a few times around Oxford but you certainly found a gorgeous example. You might like this mini Volvariella hypopithys or pusilla I found this year on grass, only 2/3cm cap!
Snap! From yesterday, they are lovely!
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Snap! From yesterday, they are lovely!
I found some daisy earth stars last week, geastrum floriforme. It took ages for me to distinguish between them and the barometers, but your picture perfectly shows the rip in the spore sac as opposed to the raised hole in the daisies🧐
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I found some daisy earth stars last week, geastrum floriforme. It took ages for me to distinguish between them and the barometers, but your picture perfectly shows the rip in the spore sac as opposed to the raised hole in the daisies🧐
I’m now convinced it is floriforme due to the raised hole more evident in one of 5 new ones found today
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m now convinced it is floriforme due to the raised hole more evident in one of 5 new ones found today
Chuffed to find this small, unusual earth star in Oxford park. Either geastrum floriforme, daisy earth star, or astraeus hygrometricus ,barometer earth star. Due to differing thickness in the flesh, the rays fold over to protect the spore sac as it dries. #fungifriends #mycology
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Chuffed to find this small, unusual earth star in Oxford park. Either geastrum floriforme, daisy earth star, or astraeus hygrometricus ,barometer earth star. Due to differing thickness in the flesh, the rays fold over to protect the spore sac as it dries. #fungifriends #mycology
Have a virtual munch on them!
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Have a virtual munch on them!
Plicaturopsis crispa, crimped gill, Bernwood, uk #mycology #fungifriends
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Plicaturopsis crispa, crimped gill, Bernwood, uk #mycology #fungifriends
Hairy curtain crust, Bernwood #fungifriends #mycology
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hairy curtain crust, Bernwood #fungifriends #mycology
Fuligo septica, Bernwood. Not an uncommon find but there was something sumptuous about this one. #fungifriends #slimemouldsunday #myxos #bernwood
September 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Fuligo septica, Bernwood. Not an uncommon find but there was something sumptuous about this one. #fungifriends #slimemouldsunday #myxos #bernwood
Sorry no! I think a blusher, this one a panther
September 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sorry no! I think a blusher, this one a panther
Lots of panther caps, blushers and some franchetii in the same area of Bernwood #fungifriends #shrooms #bernwood
September 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Lots of panther caps, blushers and some franchetii in the same area of Bernwood #fungifriends #shrooms #bernwood
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
September 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Pluteus umbrosus, Bernwood #fungifriends
September 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Pluteus umbrosus, Bernwood #fungifriends
September 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
September 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Lepiota magnispora or clypeolaria, Bernwood #fungifriends #fungifriday
September 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Lepiota magnispora or clypeolaria, Bernwood #fungifriends #fungifriday
Pluteus species all loving the decaying elm trees in Bernwood, cervinus, chrysophlebius, umbrosus and salicinus
September 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Pluteus species all loving the decaying elm trees in Bernwood, cervinus, chrysophlebius, umbrosus and salicinus
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
June 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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