Fungi_rl

Plants, fungi, place-names, illicit whisky stills... working on @RagnasIslands Moved to

[UoN CSVA @UoNCSVA]

The first CSVA seminar of the year is fast approaching! Join us to hear Dr Alexander Wilson from University of Leicester's @bodypoliticsERC talk about ‘Marks of non-personhood: violence against unfree bodies in the Viking world’. #Vikings
18 November @ 5pm | Trent B40

[Ragna's Islands @RagnasIslands]

‘Cancelled, no room to write’! How the OS struggled with the number of #PlaceNames on small islands, and the spellings they used! Our latest blog is out! #FairIsle #NorthRonaldsay #Papay https://t.co/fBfhT0koDB

[Martin Gray @peediepuss]

A simple tideline collection today; without theme other than it pleases my eyes.

[UoN CSVA @UoNCSVA]

The 2025 @cambtweetasnac Colloquium is on 22.02.2025, on the theme of Sickness and Wellness, with a keynote by our colleague @NorseLass. See the CFP in the tweet below on how to submit a proposal by 10.11.2024.

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

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[UHI Institute for Northern Studies @INS_UHI]

Prof Alex Sanmark & Dr Shane McLeod #research #Thinkuhi #archaeology @UHIPerth_ @uhi_orkney Did Vikings drag ships over land to avoid choppy Scottish waters? - BBC News
https://t.co/YzwVqepPA3

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

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[Ragna's Islands @RagnasIslands]

We’ve had some feedback from @farmerviking about our #Papay Weelie’s Taing #PlaceName blogpost... that there 'are parallels for the ‘hvíla sig’ explanation in Iceland’, which is rather nice! Find out more: https://t.co/LbTFprRWgG

[Ragna's Islands @RagnasIslands]

‘Twin islands’, a 'Celtic personal-name', 'St. Adamnan' and/or 'a dam'...? What did we make of the #Orkney island-name #Damsay, and... what were it's eyebrows?! https://t.co/bd5JnqWtQi

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

Ashen Knight (Tricholoma virgatum) on a pine-needly roadside verge. White spore print. Occasional.

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

Elfin Saddle (Helvella lacunosa) found on a grassy verge today. So-called for its shape! 'Saddle' darker than deeply-furrowed stem. White spores. #Fungi #Shrooms

[Martin Gray @peediepuss]

#wildflowerhour My favourite find of 2024 is Heath Pearlwort (Sagina subulata). An Orkney rarity, only found on 3 north isles, I stumbled upon a clear microhabitat preference it has, & was soon finding it 'at will', including here on Papay for the first time in half a century.

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

Yesterday's #shroom find is Apricot Club (Clavulinopsis luteoalba). This one is more on the yellow side. Bright white spore print. Found in short, unfertilised grassland #Fungi

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

@peediepuss @BSBIbotany @BSBIScotland @mblake500 @BlakeAnnblake Oh really! That's interesting! I'll have to go to Eday again to see it being rare in Orkney... as I'm always on the lookout when thereabouts!

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

Well, the plant I’ve been most pleased to see this year is Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale)! Seen earlier in the week on #Skye with both its yellow catkin-like flowers & red/brown berries! #wildflowerhour #FavouriteFind More: https://t.co/yjedFRQoyS

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

Pondering the ID of this #shroom! Smooth white convex pileus, slight umbo, buff centre, inrolled wavy pileal margin. No veil. Well spaced off-white notched gills of different lengths. Spore print white. Perfumy smell, but stipe unpleasant when snapped. Under birch.

[Ragna's Islands @RagnasIslands]

Is there any ‘Hope’ of finding #Viking harbours in #Orkney… yes it’s yet another a pun… but we think there is... to find out why you’ll just have to read our latest blog! https://t.co/hCdp0iuQHZ

[Fungi_rl @CorinnaRayner]

Lovely Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina) all purpley-buff in deciduous beech woodland today #fungi #shrooms

[wildflowerhour @wildflower_hour]

It’s the last challenge this week until #thewinter10 starts & we are asking you to share the plant you’ve been most pleased to see this year! Post your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #FavouriteFind!