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Plant pathologist with Royal Horticultural Society. Interested in all things botanical.

[Fay Newbery @FayrnHawk]

...and @IsabelRF84 will be talking about the collection, and use, of foam samples. Others will be sharing tips and experiences. See you there! @FUNACTION_EU @BritMycolSoc

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Only three days now until our first online session on #AquaticHyphomycetes There’s still time to sign up by emailing [email protected] @andibruder will be giving us a quick overview of this special ecological group...

[Fay Newbery @FayrnHawk]

A new Zoom-based chat group focussing on #AquaticHyphomycetes will be starting on 8th October. Join us in the evening (BST) to chat and learn about this fascinating group of fungi. Contact me at [email protected] if interested. @BritMycolSoc

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There are experts waiting to foster your knowledge and enthusiasm for this unique group of fungi. Book your free place now at [email protected] and come and join us.

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What would you like to learn about #AquaticHyphomycetes if you came along to these online sessions? How aquatic hyphomycetes fit into the ecology of rivers & streams? How to collect them? How to identify them? Where to find ID resources? What questions would you want to pose?

[Fay Newbery @FayrnHawk]

A new Zoom-based chat group focussing on #AquaticHyphomycetes will be starting on 8th October. Join us in the evening (BST) to chat and learn about this fascinating group of fungi. Contact me at [email protected] if interested. @BritMycolSoc

[Fay Newbery @FayrnHawk]

Researchers Andreas Bruder and Isabel Fernandes from SUPSI in Switzerland, and Jennifer Anderson and Ziming Wang from SLU in Sweden will be supporting the group.

[Fay Newbery @FayrnHawk]

A new Zoom-based chat group focussing on #AquaticHyphomycetes will be starting on 8th October. Join us in the evening (BST) to chat and learn about this fascinating group of fungi. Contact me at [email protected] if interested. @BritMycolSoc

[Fay Newbery @FayrnHawk]

This video from Jennifer Anderson, a leading researcher into the evolution and ecology of aquatic hyphomycetes, gives a great overview of this fascinating fungal group. https://t.co/QyU8Bb7qqN

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Aquatic hyphomycetes are a fascinating group of aquatic fungi. Most of them feed on dead leaves in flowing water. Their spores are usually either sinuous or four-armed to enable them to catch on to new food sources. @BritMycolSoc

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@sim_nature @obfuscans3 @BLSlichens I'm happy to take a look, Sam. I suspect Erythricium aurantiacum. DM me and I'll give you my address.

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Two different diseases on Ranunculus repens. Leptotrochila ranunculi on the left with yellowing around brown rotting areas and apothecia not restricted to brown areas. Ramularia simplex on the right with veins delimiting black infected areas where sporulation occurs.

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@specanatura @BritMycolSoc @NorfolkNats I'll let you know if I find any first!

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@specanatura @BritMycolSoc @NorfolkNats When I've seen the apothecia for this species they have not been as contorted as shown here. In situations like this, where I start to doubt my own understanding, I'd reach for a microscope and check whether I had an asexual form or apothecia. Are asci present?

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My plant of the week @RHSHarlowCarr. Fuschia 'Whiteknight Amethyst' with less contrast between its pink sepals and purple corolla than on the more usual Fuschia magellanica.

[Judith Allinson @jallinson]

Looking forward to hearing the talk by Nicholas Carter on "Lichens and Heritage Conservation at Blenheim Palace"  at the BLS Zoom Lichen Chat and Improvement Group on Tues 13 Aug at 7pm.
Interested? @BLSlichens @NEA_Carter @ynuorg
https://t.co/TsVtG4InnE

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"I have kept young by trying never to lose my childhood sense of wonderment. I’m glad I still have a vivid curiosity about the world I live in."
~ Helen Keller

Untrodden Sands (1912)
🎨 Laura Knight

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy and unfulfilled. Even after 400 generations in villages and cities, we haven’t forgotten: the open road still softly calls like a nearly forgotten song of childhood."
~ Carl Sagan

[Fay Newbery @FayrnHawk]

An opportunity to join a great team at the RHS promoting great plant health in UK gardens. https://t.co/BSRWsgPEdx

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How could anything that horrible happen in a place as beautiful as this?

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

Bluebell woods are believed to be intricately woven with fairy enchantments, used by these mischievous beings to trap humans.

It is also said that if you hear a bluebell ring, you will be visited by a bad fairy, and will die not long after 🫤

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Do we know how much damage this does to Hazel on the continent @AndrewSalisbur2 ?

[russell miller @treeruss]

New to UK longhorn beetle Oberea linearis!
Native to continental Europe. Presumably imported. Life cycle 2 years in hazel twigs.

Hackney Marshes seems to be a good place to find new species of longhorn.

#LonghornBeetles
#cerambycidae #lamiinae #oberea #oberealinearis