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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · 2d

Had a very blowy return from a trip to Croatia yesterday.. then the Uber had a blow out in heavy rain on the M56 which took 2 hours to fix… but it was worth it all 😂

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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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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · 6d

BMS - What are you thinking? Promoting foraging when you clearly haven’t read your own guidelines. This is why I am reluctant to support your organisation with such conflicting publicity.

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · 6d

It’s quite involved, I’m part of an excellent recording group though which helps as we learn together

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · 6d

Finally got around to sequencing a Big Blue Pinkgill from Bodmin 2018 which revealed it as Entoloma madidum. One of the rarer species in the E. bloxamii group.
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Nature

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 14

5:22am this morning and the bats were still over my wildlife garden. (Obligatory rescue cat demanding food as they do).

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 11

Beautiful! I had stewed Cherry Plums on the weekend and saved them frozen as ice cubes. Think I’ll make a drink flavour, maybe vodka, maybe gin 👌🏼

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 11

That’s a good one! Very nice 👌🏼

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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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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks for the heads up Gary, I’ll look out for that 👍🏼

Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wow that is early 😲

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 7

That seems early, I know Kent is usually a few weeks ahead of elsewhere but I’m not sure I’m ready for these yet 😅

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · Aug 7

This week’s challenge is #PollinatorPals! Find a flowering wild or naturalised plant with a pollinating visitor & snap away. Of course it’s not just about bees! Butterflies, moths, wasps, flies & beetles can all be #pollinators too! Share your pics for #Wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm!

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 6

They’re not uncommon in the right habitat. Quite a large species too

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 6

Amanita rubescens, looking very nice

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 6

Volvariella bombycina - Silky Rosegill on a large fallen oak today #Fungi
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Nature #Mycology #Mushrooms

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Aug 6

Climate journalist and New Scientist contributor Alec Luhn has gone missing on a Norwegian glacier. His family is asking that anyone hiking in the region share any information with local authorities. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

American climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier

A search is underway for award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn, a Wisconsin native, who is missing on a Norwegian glacier.

www.cbsnews.com

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Aug 5

For my European #FungiFriends why not give some conservation value to your fungi forays this season #Fungi #Mushrooms #Nature #Mycology

FunDive: Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity for nature cons @fundive-fungi.bsky.social · Aug 4

Let’s join the new FunDive sampling season!

🍄This year, we are not only continuing the projects started last year but also launching new ones🍄

➡️Visit our webpage to learn more fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... and join our fungal discovery mission!

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

Free to download, the latest British Field Mycology quarterly 👌🏼 #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #Naturalists #Nature

British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · Jul 31

Available now - online and open access: July 2025 issue of Field Mycology, published by the BMS. Access all articles online and free, here fieldmycology.org Front cover image: Neoboletus specimen growing with Quercus (oak), South Lancashire, UK. Photo: Mike Roberts, northwalesmushrooms

Front cover of the Field Mycology journal July 2025, with a photo of a Neoboletus specimen taken by Mike Roberts, northwalesmushrooms

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

Nice, it’s good to see a few more fungi starting to move out there.

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

Salad Burnet Rust - Phragmidium sanguisorbae (DC.) J. Schröt, Selsley Common today

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Jul 26

It’s been a very good year for them, they’ve caught the season just right 🙂

Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Jul 22

I haven’t walked the Wye for almost a decade, the Valley is beautiful… I hope the river is recovering at least a little 🙏🏼

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Jul 22

It’s lovely to see the fruits of your labour and in this case it’s Cherry Plums from some of the hundreds I planted out in hedgerows over the last six years

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Simon Harding @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you, my goal is to move some of the larger perennials away from the pond this autumn and encourage the smaller plants such as Birds foot trefoil, Self-heal etc with a bit of Yellow Rattle. Let’s see how that goes… 😅

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