Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
🦋 Connoisseur of Nature 🍷
🍄 Species observer 🔎
🐛 Wildlife Photographer 🌸
🌳 Admirer of Ancient Landscape 🌱
Connecting Nature through Expression
🍄 Species observer 🔎
🐛 Wildlife Photographer 🌸
🌳 Admirer of Ancient Landscape 🌱
Connecting Nature through Expression
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Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Some glorious looking Bristly Haircap Moss Polytrichum piliferum on the sandy Heathland at Roydon Woods, New Forest. Lovely Scarlet and Orange Sporophytes which grow to around 10cm. Leaves have White hair extensions. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Finally Unexpected find Ashridge Estate. Rare glimpse of Ivory Woodwax Hygrophorus eburneus in favoured Beech Woodland. Just 533 National Records, caps covered in Slime, hence large blobs on stipe. Called Cowboy's Handkerchief in North America #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Finally Unexpected find Ashridge Estate. Rare glimpse of Ivory Woodwax Hygrophorus eburneus in favoured Beech Woodland. Just 533 National Records, caps covered in Slime, hence large blobs on stipe. Called Cowboy's Handkerchief in North America #fungifriends
The most Beautiful Rosy Bonnets Mycena rosea I've seen this year in Epping Forest. Lovely deep Lilac-Pink, radial lines, tapering stipe towards apex, downy hair at base, Lovely upturned Gills. Distinct smell of Radish wafting through the Woodland air too! #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The most Beautiful Rosy Bonnets Mycena rosea I've seen this year in Epping Forest. Lovely deep Lilac-Pink, radial lines, tapering stipe towards apex, downy hair at base, Lovely upturned Gills. Distinct smell of Radish wafting through the Woodland air too! #fungifriends
Lovely examples of Variable Oysterling Crepidotus variabilis Epping Forest. Whereas most Oysterlings are a uniform shape, Variable having a Sessile attachment, appear as either semi-circular brackets or full circular fans. Also Thrilled to find Fenugreek Stalkball Phleogena faginea #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Lovely examples of Variable Oysterling Crepidotus variabilis Epping Forest. Whereas most Oysterlings are a uniform shape, Variable having a Sessile attachment, appear as either semi-circular brackets or full circular fans. Also Thrilled to find Fenugreek Stalkball Phleogena faginea #fungifriends
Lovely to see Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata Birkrigg Common. Grows just 4cm in short cropped Habitat. Branches split dichotomously into blunt antlers. Important Unimproved Grassland Indicator species of Biodiversity-rich environments. Pretty Lemon Disco Calycina citrina too! #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Lovely to see Meadow Coral Clavulinopsis corniculata Birkrigg Common. Grows just 4cm in short cropped Habitat. Branches split dichotomously into blunt antlers. Important Unimproved Grassland Indicator species of Biodiversity-rich environments. Pretty Lemon Disco Calycina citrina too! #fungifriends
Another Dazzling spectacle in Herbert's Meadows, Ulverscroft. An amazing Purple Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus! A combination of Bottle Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple or Blue are always possible to be seen on these Beautiful looking individuals #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Another Dazzling spectacle in Herbert's Meadows, Ulverscroft. An amazing Purple Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus! A combination of Bottle Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple or Blue are always possible to be seen on these Beautiful looking individuals #fungifriends
Astounding find NT Clumber Park. Extremely Rare glimpse Aspen Bolete Leccinum albostipitatum. Terracotta orange caps margin overhangs pores. White flocculose stipe bruises Blue. Just 26 National Records. Also Lovely Orange Oak Bolete Leccinum aurantiacum found in Epping Forest #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Astounding find NT Clumber Park. Extremely Rare glimpse Aspen Bolete Leccinum albostipitatum. Terracotta orange caps margin overhangs pores. White flocculose stipe bruises Blue. Just 26 National Records. Also Lovely Orange Oak Bolete Leccinum aurantiacum found in Epping Forest #fungifriends
Undoubtedly Star of the Kerridge Hill Waxcap Show, Rare encounter with most Beautiful Pink Ballerina Porpolomopsis calyptriformis I've ever seen, wonderful moist Lilac Pink, one of eight seen. Nearby another one with impressive gills tutu! #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Undoubtedly Star of the Kerridge Hill Waxcap Show, Rare encounter with most Beautiful Pink Ballerina Porpolomopsis calyptriformis I've ever seen, wonderful moist Lilac Pink, one of eight seen. Nearby another one with impressive gills tutu! #fungifriends
Special find Ancient Beech Woodland near 11th Century Norman motte-and-bailey Castle remains Erddig Park. Rare glimpse of Verdigris Roundhead Stropharia aeruginosa, looks Emerald Green projects deep Blue-Green. Retains Flaky veil unlike Blue Roundhead #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Special find Ancient Beech Woodland near 11th Century Norman motte-and-bailey Castle remains Erddig Park. Rare glimpse of Verdigris Roundhead Stropharia aeruginosa, looks Emerald Green projects deep Blue-Green. Retains Flaky veil unlike Blue Roundhead #fungifriends
Lovely looking Amethyst Deceivers Laccaria amethystina in Bole Hill Quarry. Nice contrast of Lilac-Purple with Caps showing upturned margins as they mature. Also in dry weather they're White Bloom surfaces, eventually turning Pale #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Lovely looking Amethyst Deceivers Laccaria amethystina in Bole Hill Quarry. Nice contrast of Lilac-Purple with Caps showing upturned margins as they mature. Also in dry weather they're White Bloom surfaces, eventually turning Pale #fungifriends
Seasonal Highlights of Colourful Fungi finds on my extensive travels. An Impressive looking White Saddle Helvella crispa along Banks of River Braan at Inver village. Plus Extremely Rare glimpse of Nationally Scarce Prunes and Custard Tricholomopsis decora Heatherhall Woods Ladybank #fungifriends
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Seasonal Highlights of Colourful Fungi finds on my extensive travels. An Impressive looking White Saddle Helvella crispa along Banks of River Braan at Inver village. Plus Extremely Rare glimpse of Nationally Scarce Prunes and Custard Tricholomopsis decora Heatherhall Woods Ladybank #fungifriends
Surprise find Cwm Idwal Mountain path Rare glimpse of New-Zealand Willowherb Epilobium brunnescens Long Orange-Brown stems heart shaped leaves. Introduced Edinburgh 1904, found in upland areas, requires 1350mm annual precipitation @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
July 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Surprise find Cwm Idwal Mountain path Rare glimpse of New-Zealand Willowherb Epilobium brunnescens Long Orange-Brown stems heart shaped leaves. Introduced Edinburgh 1904, found in upland areas, requires 1350mm annual precipitation @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Lovely to see Pale Pink three-lobed flowers, Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica Boggy areas around Llyn Idwal. Also Nationally scarce Parsley Fern Cryptogramma crispa, Cwm Idwal Mountain ledges. Indicator species of Acidic Scree slopes @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
July 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Lovely to see Pale Pink three-lobed flowers, Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica Boggy areas around Llyn Idwal. Also Nationally scarce Parsley Fern Cryptogramma crispa, Cwm Idwal Mountain ledges. Indicator species of Acidic Scree slopes @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Special find at Cwm Idwal Snowdonia last week, Alpine Clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum. Amongst our oldest Native vascular plants 430 Million years old. Lovely to see some delightful looking Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica too! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
July 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Special find at Cwm Idwal Snowdonia last week, Alpine Clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum. Amongst our oldest Native vascular plants 430 Million years old. Lovely to see some delightful looking Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica too! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Further Summer Highlights from the Little Butterflies in life that really matter. Lovely looking Small Blue Cupido minimus at Pembrey Burrows dunes Carmarthenshire, plus equally Beautiful Small Copper around St Abb's Head Scotland last week @s4r4h-l.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Further Summer Highlights from the Little Butterflies in life that really matter. Lovely looking Small Blue Cupido minimus at Pembrey Burrows dunes Carmarthenshire, plus equally Beautiful Small Copper around St Abb's Head Scotland last week @s4r4h-l.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Butterfly Highlights this Summer, a wonderful looking Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes ssp. salmacis at Smardale Gill Cumbria. Also lovely to hear an audible drumming sound from a Male Small Tortoiseshell on Female wings at Wheatfen NR Norfolk @s4r4h-l.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Butterfly Highlights this Summer, a wonderful looking Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes ssp. salmacis at Smardale Gill Cumbria. Also lovely to hear an audible drumming sound from a Male Small Tortoiseshell on Female wings at Wheatfen NR Norfolk @s4r4h-l.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Further Summer Moth Highlights, a glorious looking Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata Green Down NR Somerset, plus an elegant looking Mother of Pearl Moth Pleuroptya ruralis at Leicestershire WT Cloud Wood #mothweek #teammoth #MothsMatter
July 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Further Summer Moth Highlights, a glorious looking Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata Green Down NR Somerset, plus an elegant looking Mother of Pearl Moth Pleuroptya ruralis at Leicestershire WT Cloud Wood #mothweek #teammoth #MothsMatter
Some colourful Summer Moth Highlights. A dazzling Forester Adscita statices on Battlesbury Hill Warminster, and delighted to find a Beautiful Female Clouded Buff Moth Diacrisia sannio hiding in boggy Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase. Perfect for National #mothweek #teammoth #mothsmatter
July 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Some colourful Summer Moth Highlights. A dazzling Forester Adscita statices on Battlesbury Hill Warminster, and delighted to find a Beautiful Female Clouded Buff Moth Diacrisia sannio hiding in boggy Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase. Perfect for National #mothweek #teammoth #mothsmatter
Real delight to see growing together across extensive Ancient Woodland BC Mabie Forest Dumfries, both Pink and Rare White form of Pink Purslane Claytonia Sibirica. Pink Pollen and inner Yellow markings clearly standout on the latter @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
May 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Real delight to see growing together across extensive Ancient Woodland BC Mabie Forest Dumfries, both Pink and Rare White form of Pink Purslane Claytonia Sibirica. Pink Pollen and inner Yellow markings clearly standout on the latter @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Some wonderful colour on upper levels of Temple Ewell NNR Kent. Wonderful to see Hound's-tongue flowers open for a change, plus lovely magenta flowers of Native Procumbent Sainfoin Onobrychis vicifolia across Chalk downland @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
May 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Some wonderful colour on upper levels of Temple Ewell NNR Kent. Wonderful to see Hound's-tongue flowers open for a change, plus lovely magenta flowers of Native Procumbent Sainfoin Onobrychis vicifolia across Chalk downland @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
A successful early Spring visit to the Upper levels of Cwm Idwal, where I managed to find both Purple 'Mountain Saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia, plus the basal rosette of Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris in a nearby Sphagnum Bog! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
May 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A successful early Spring visit to the Upper levels of Cwm Idwal, where I managed to find both Purple 'Mountain Saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia, plus the basal rosette of Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris in a nearby Sphagnum Bog! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
Further Spring delights, a Beautiful looking Orange Ladybird Leics WT Cloud Wood, which feed on Dog's Mercury mildew. Plus a Rare glimpse of Ramsons Hoverfly Portevinia maculata at BC Mabie Forest Dumfries, requiring extensive areas of Ancient Ramson Woodland #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday
May 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Further Spring delights, a Beautiful looking Orange Ladybird Leics WT Cloud Wood, which feed on Dog's Mercury mildew. Plus a Rare glimpse of Ramsons Hoverfly Portevinia maculata at BC Mabie Forest Dumfries, requiring extensive areas of Ancient Ramson Woodland #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday
Special Spring visit to Drigg Dunes Cumbria to finally track down Nationally Scarce Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida, found in only two Locations in Britain, and my goodness they're fast! Great to see a Green Tiger Beetle nearby too #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday
May 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Special Spring visit to Drigg Dunes Cumbria to finally track down Nationally Scarce Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida, found in only two Locations in Britain, and my goodness they're fast! Great to see a Green Tiger Beetle nearby too #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday
Amongst the more interesting Moths I've encountered so far this Spring, the Bright colours of Hedge Beauty Alabonia 'geoff'rella at Temple Ewell NNR Kent, plus a Rare daytime glimpse of The Minister Eulia ministrana, a glorious looking Moth of the Highest Order! @s4r4h-l.bsky.social #MothsMatter
May 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Amongst the more interesting Moths I've encountered so far this Spring, the Bright colours of Hedge Beauty Alabonia 'geoff'rella at Temple Ewell NNR Kent, plus a Rare daytime glimpse of The Minister Eulia ministrana, a glorious looking Moth of the Highest Order! @s4r4h-l.bsky.social #MothsMatter
Amongst the pick of my Spring Butterfly sightings so far, a lovely looking Pearl-bordered Fritillary at BC Mabie Forest Dumfries, and a relaxed Wall Brown sunbathing at Drigg Dunes Cumbria @s4r4h-l.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Amongst the pick of my Spring Butterfly sightings so far, a lovely looking Pearl-bordered Fritillary at BC Mabie Forest Dumfries, and a relaxed Wall Brown sunbathing at Drigg Dunes Cumbria @s4r4h-l.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
Great to see lush looking Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolia in Celtic Rainforest Aber Falls NNR, plus a diminutive Mountain Brownie Psilocybe montana just reaching 2cm above equally Rare Thorn Lichen Cladonia uncialis! @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #FungiFriends
March 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great to see lush looking Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolia in Celtic Rainforest Aber Falls NNR, plus a diminutive Mountain Brownie Psilocybe montana just reaching 2cm above equally Rare Thorn Lichen Cladonia uncialis! @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #FungiFriends