Francis Hickenbottom
@fhickenbottom.bsky.social
Retired physics teacher, interested in woodcarving, fungi, plants (especially alpines, cacti and succulents) and cosmology.
This species was found recently in a lawn at my favourite almshouses site in West Yorkshire.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This species was found recently in a lawn at my favourite almshouses site in West Yorkshire.
Thst's what I thought of. I can never resist keeping one when I see fresh, shiny conkers.
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Thst's what I thought of. I can never resist keeping one when I see fresh, shiny conkers.
It sounds as though you will be interested in hearing about the Esculent Phallus.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It sounds as though you will be interested in hearing about the Esculent Phallus.
It's the Yorkshire one and the text gives specific locations for many of the fungi covered.
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
It's the Yorkshire one and the text gives specific locations for many of the fungi covered.
I missed the stalk colour. It is a Didymium. I think the shape of the peridial crystal is o.k. for D squamulosum.
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I missed the stalk colour. It is a Didymium. I think the shape of the peridial crystal is o.k. for D squamulosum.