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IPBES @ipbes.net · 22h

🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.

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Nearly one-third of fungi on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an additional 482 fungi, bringing the total to roughly 1,300 species of…

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · 3d

Entoloma neglectum from a Cotswold Common. There are around 17 British records including duplicates since 1800 to date so this sequenced find is quite rare #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #UKWildlife

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 1d

DNA work is changing the names of fungi but I'm still having problems with the different ways the names are pronounced!

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 2d

Good to meet you at Decoy park yesterday. I hope that you enjoyed the outing as much as me.

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for your support Mark. We had a good turnout (and good weather) in Newton Abbot yesterday. Lots to find, identify and record. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

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Bob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 5d

Sulphur tufts #fungi

A compact group of overlapping sulphur tufts in the crevice of a log. A few have been partially eaten.

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 3d

Silage for dairy cows I think. But I'm sort of assuming that the scriptwriters know anything about agriculture. Could also be used in an Anaerobic digester.

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 3d

I thought that apart from deer that home farm had no livestock. So why did they grow maize?

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 3d

Our Find-a-fungus challenge for #UKFungusDay is still open until 10th October! This is Beefsteak Fungus - Fistulina hepatica - a large, reddish, meaty-looking fungus found mainly on old Oak and Sweet Chestnut trees. One of 20 fungi to find. Join in: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/findafungus

A photo of Beefsteak Fungus on a mossy tree trunk, by Mark Ramsdale

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Caring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social · 7d

UK Fungus Day 4/10/25
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA

Parrot waxcap fungi. Image credit Ellyn Baker

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 3d

Also, from the top it looks a bit like a cappuccino.

British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 21d

Countdown to #UKFungusDay 🍄Most commonly-encountered fungi in UK & Ireland: 6️⃣ Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina). Was found with Ötzi the Iceman, a 5300-year-old mummy, suggesting its ancient use as a natural antibiotic & antiparasitic agent.
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6 - Birch Polypore | UK Fungus Day

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Sarah @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social · 4d

For #UKFungusDay a few fungi from the splendid DWT Reserve, Kingcombe Meadows - including Lilac Fibrecap and Crested (or White) Coral.

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#mycology
#fungifriends

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Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust @bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #UKFungusDay everyone! Why not join us to celebrate all things fungi at the first Birmingham Fungi Festival on Sun 26 October at Eastside City Park? We'll have walks, talks, crafts and more, and all of it's free! Find out more and book your places at: bbcwildlife.org.uk/BirminghamFungiFestival

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 4d

Multiple organ failure on a stick.

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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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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 18d

It will soon be UK Fungus Day on and around October the 4th, there's lots of events www.ukfungusday.co.uk/whatson
Devon Fungus group have a foray on Sunday 5th at Decoy Park, Newton Abbot starting at 10.30a.m. Everyone welcome (and it's free).

Events | UK Fungus Day

www.ukfungusday.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries

Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens Graveyards, sheep farms and garden lawns are among the hundreds of new sites for rare pink and purple fungi discovered by citizen scientists. The charity Plantlife has enlisted 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in their local areas, so scientists can get data from places such as private gardens they have not previously had access to. Continue reading...

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 5d

I think a photo is called for.

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 5d

Very exciting , even if you get out a lot. I think you'll get a few surprises.

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 6d

Devon Fungus group has a foray at Decoy Park, Newton Abbot on Sunday for UKFungus Day.

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 9

Pseudoinonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket will be showing itself any time now until the season end. Image from a few years ago around this time of year. #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #Mushrooms

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 9d

Shaggy parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes) and Orange Ping Pong Bat ( Favolaschia claudopus) seen on Fishchowters lane, Totnes this morning

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 14d

I'm more in favour of the previous saint of England , Saint Edmund. He fought with Alfred the Great against the Vikings. Also he has a nicer flag, a white dragon on a red ground.

Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 16d

Is that Blackedge Bonnet ,Mycena Pelianthena ? or something else? Devon Fungus group have UK Fungus Day foray in Decoy Park on Sunday 5th October 10.30 a.m. You'd be very welcome.

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Gary Easton @garyfungi.bsky.social · 16d

Devon Fungus group had a microscope session at Woodah Farm yesterday. This magnificent selection of Parasitic boletes (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) on Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrina) was brought in by a participant.

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