Ben
@benrl.bsky.social
Avocational dilettante in botany and mycology, based in North West Uk. Houseplants grower, favourite families are Hoya and Gesneriaceae
Gliophorus sciophanous in a nature reserve NE Wales. Very slimy with some green showing in cap. A relative of the Parrot Waxcap. Not sure what the current thinking is on the taxonomy of this #fungi #fungifriends
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Gliophorus sciophanous in a nature reserve NE Wales. Very slimy with some green showing in cap. A relative of the Parrot Waxcap. Not sure what the current thinking is on the taxonomy of this #fungi #fungifriends
Autumn Gentian and Blue Fleabane flowering at a mild Minera Quarry, Wales. #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Autumn Gentian and Blue Fleabane flowering at a mild Minera Quarry, Wales. #wildflowerhour
Autumn Gentian flowering at Minera Quarry, Wales this weekend #wildflowerfinder
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Autumn Gentian flowering at Minera Quarry, Wales this weekend #wildflowerfinder
Recent Waxcap finds in the Wirral, Uk. These #fungi are so charismatic and exciting to come across #fungifriends
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Recent Waxcap finds in the Wirral, Uk. These #fungi are so charismatic and exciting to come across #fungifriends
Found a second site for Glistening waxcap (Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus) in Wirral churchyard. I usually find this tiny species in longer grass areas of acid uplands #fungifriends #fungi
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Found a second site for Glistening waxcap (Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus) in Wirral churchyard. I usually find this tiny species in longer grass areas of acid uplands #fungifriends #fungi
Eagerly accepting permission to post grassland fungi for #wildflowerhour Hygrocybe Auratiosplendens- Orange waxcap, its cap shiny and Viscid. NE Wales
October 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Eagerly accepting permission to post grassland fungi for #wildflowerhour Hygrocybe Auratiosplendens- Orange waxcap, its cap shiny and Viscid. NE Wales
Arable weeds from the pumpkin field. Radish, Field pansy and 2 species of Fumitory. One with more glaucous leaves and smaller purple flowers ?Common and Common Ramping #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Arable weeds from the pumpkin field. Radish, Field pansy and 2 species of Fumitory. One with more glaucous leaves and smaller purple flowers ?Common and Common Ramping #wildflowerhour
Small orange squamulous Waxcaps growing in limestone quarry. I think these are H calciphilia, a new species for me, due to the growing conditions #mushroommonday #fungi #fungifriends
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Small orange squamulous Waxcaps growing in limestone quarry. I think these are H calciphilia, a new species for me, due to the growing conditions #mushroommonday #fungi #fungifriends
Lots of Mouse-pee Pinkgills in a disused Limestone quarry in North Wales. New species for me! #fungifriends #mushroommonday #fungi
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Lots of Mouse-pee Pinkgills in a disused Limestone quarry in North Wales. New species for me! #fungifriends #mushroommonday #fungi
Burnet saxifrage, Milkwort, Common Rock rose and a nearly flowering Autumn Gentian showing a hint of purple. Found at Minera Quarry in North Wales #wildflowerhour
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Burnet saxifrage, Milkwort, Common Rock rose and a nearly flowering Autumn Gentian showing a hint of purple. Found at Minera Quarry in North Wales #wildflowerhour
Blueing bracket, Lilac Pinkgill, Fairy Fingers and Liberty caps found at weekend in North Wales #fungi #fungifriends
October 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Blueing bracket, Lilac Pinkgill, Fairy Fingers and Liberty caps found at weekend in North Wales #fungi #fungifriends
North Wirral finds for #wildflowerhour this week
October 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
North Wirral finds for #wildflowerhour this week
Baby Waxcaps in Thurstaton Wirral. Hygrocybe reidii, Cuphophyllus virgineus and Gliophorus laetus #fungi #fungifriends #fungifriday
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Baby Waxcaps in Thurstaton Wirral. Hygrocybe reidii, Cuphophyllus virgineus and Gliophorus laetus #fungi #fungifriends #fungifriday
Grassland #fungi from churchyards in Wirral. Excited to find a new coral. Tentatively calling it Beige coral #fungifriday
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Grassland #fungi from churchyards in Wirral. Excited to find a new coral. Tentatively calling it Beige coral #fungifriday
Old mossy lawns around University of Liverpool’s city campus yielded some interesting #fungi. Particularly the black cups next to old tree stumps. Any help with ID would be very welcome #fungifriday
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Old mossy lawns around University of Liverpool’s city campus yielded some interesting #fungi. Particularly the black cups next to old tree stumps. Any help with ID would be very welcome #fungifriday
Some liberty caps for #ukfungusday #fungus
October 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Some liberty caps for #ukfungusday #fungus
Honey waxcap- with a strong familiar sweet smell. Golden waxcap and an unidentified grey metallic mushroom with white gills on a short graveyard walk #ukfungusday #fungi
October 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Honey waxcap- with a strong familiar sweet smell. Golden waxcap and an unidentified grey metallic mushroom with white gills on a short graveyard walk #ukfungusday #fungi
Bugloss, Common hempnettle and what I think is Knotted Clover. Attempted to key the clover out for #wildflowerhour
October 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Bugloss, Common hempnettle and what I think is Knotted Clover. Attempted to key the clover out for #wildflowerhour
Nice to see Waxcaps slowly appearing. Now raining heavily so excited for next week #fungifriday #fungi
October 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nice to see Waxcaps slowly appearing. Now raining heavily so excited for next week #fungifriday #fungi
Not many grassland #fungi fruiting yet but the woodland more productive #mushrooms
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Not many grassland #fungi fruiting yet but the woodland more productive #mushrooms
Colourful Glassworts seen with Liverpool Botanical Society at Hightown. S. europaea group appear beaded and central flower much larger. S. Procumbens group have more cylindrical segments and lateral flowers similar in size to central #wildflowerhour
September 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Colourful Glassworts seen with Liverpool Botanical Society at Hightown. S. europaea group appear beaded and central flower much larger. S. Procumbens group have more cylindrical segments and lateral flowers similar in size to central #wildflowerhour
Drop in night time temperature so thought I’d visit the cemetery. Only a dried up slimy waxcap and this lovely glutinous waxcap (H. glutinipes) were found #mushroom #fungifriends
September 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Drop in night time temperature so thought I’d visit the cemetery. Only a dried up slimy waxcap and this lovely glutinous waxcap (H. glutinipes) were found #mushroom #fungifriends