Martin
@botanicalmartin.bsky.social
currently writing 'Finding England's Ancient Grassland'
Botanical surveyor and artist based in the Tees Valley, England.
If it's about plants, I'll be interested.
http://theintermingledpot.wordpress.com
Botanical surveyor and artist based in the Tees Valley, England.
If it's about plants, I'll be interested.
http://theintermingledpot.wordpress.com
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We've got them, or something like it, in our lawn..
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We've got them, or something like it, in our lawn..
Some spindles from last week's road verge on the North York Moors which I think are Golden Spindles (Clavulinopsis fusiformis)
October 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Some spindles from last week's road verge on the North York Moors which I think are Golden Spindles (Clavulinopsis fusiformis)
Occasionally keep finding hairy versions of Heather and so popping it on here so I can search for it if I need to.
I can find it listed as Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull var. hirsuta (Waitz) S.F. Gray but Stace 2019 doesn't include it; a (recessive) mutation a bit like white flowers but less common?
I can find it listed as Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull var. hirsuta (Waitz) S.F. Gray but Stace 2019 doesn't include it; a (recessive) mutation a bit like white flowers but less common?
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Occasionally keep finding hairy versions of Heather and so popping it on here so I can search for it if I need to.
I can find it listed as Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull var. hirsuta (Waitz) S.F. Gray but Stace 2019 doesn't include it; a (recessive) mutation a bit like white flowers but less common?
I can find it listed as Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull var. hirsuta (Waitz) S.F. Gray but Stace 2019 doesn't include it; a (recessive) mutation a bit like white flowers but less common?
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I rarely see Stropharia aeruginosa, Verdigris Roundhead on my local patch and when i do they are typically single and small. Today I found a troop of about 20 some of which had caps approaching 90mm.
October 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I rarely see Stropharia aeruginosa, Verdigris Roundhead on my local patch and when i do they are typically single and small. Today I found a troop of about 20 some of which had caps approaching 90mm.
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Giant Willow aphids, I assume, on Willow.
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Giant Willow aphids, I assume, on Willow.
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I don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of fungi this week, shall we have a #WildFungiHour tomorrow for #WildFlowerHour & celebrate all those wonderful diverse grasslands that ‘flower’ in the autumn too! All the wild blooms that you’ve spotted in the last week are welcome too of course! See ALT ⬇️
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of fungi this week, shall we have a #WildFungiHour tomorrow for #WildFlowerHour & celebrate all those wonderful diverse grasslands that ‘flower’ in the autumn too! All the wild blooms that you’ve spotted in the last week are welcome too of course! See ALT ⬇️
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This upcoming webinar series on grassland restoration across Europe looks very interesting. A series of weekly talks by experts in the field, running from 6 Nov to 18 Dec. See below for info on speakers, topics, free registration etc. www.interregnorthsea.eu/expbio/news/... #GenerationRestoration
Webinars series: Grassland restoration perspective and knowledge
www.interregnorthsea.eu
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This upcoming webinar series on grassland restoration across Europe looks very interesting. A series of weekly talks by experts in the field, running from 6 Nov to 18 Dec. See below for info on speakers, topics, free registration etc. www.interregnorthsea.eu/expbio/news/... #GenerationRestoration
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Over the past couple of months I've repeated in various talks that 11 of our endemic plant species have gone extinct.
I was delighted to read in the most recent BSBI News that one of these, the Glenridding Hawkweed, last seen in 1953, has been rediscovered!!
📷: Mark Lynes
I was delighted to read in the most recent BSBI News that one of these, the Glenridding Hawkweed, last seen in 1953, has been rediscovered!!
📷: Mark Lynes
October 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Over the past couple of months I've repeated in various talks that 11 of our endemic plant species have gone extinct.
I was delighted to read in the most recent BSBI News that one of these, the Glenridding Hawkweed, last seen in 1953, has been rediscovered!!
📷: Mark Lynes
I was delighted to read in the most recent BSBI News that one of these, the Glenridding Hawkweed, last seen in 1953, has been rediscovered!!
📷: Mark Lynes
Fabulous young little red Blackening Waxcap growing on a road verge on the North York Moors
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Fabulous young little red Blackening Waxcap growing on a road verge on the North York Moors
A Bolete from the weekend, where I managed to include the stem in the photo only to find when I look at it on the computer screen that it's white because something has eaten the surface off and it should be brown and stripy like the smaller one.
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Bolete from the weekend, where I managed to include the stem in the photo only to find when I look at it on the computer screen that it's white because something has eaten the surface off and it should be brown and stripy like the smaller one.
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Marsh Mallow in flower this week on Rye Harbour nature reserve #wildflowerhour
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Marsh Mallow in flower this week on Rye Harbour nature reserve #wildflowerhour
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Alpine Cotula (Cotula alpina) on a North York Moors National Park road verge yesterday.
Rabbit poo for scale.
#WildflowerHour
Rabbit poo for scale.
#WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Alpine Cotula (Cotula alpina) on a North York Moors National Park road verge yesterday.
Rabbit poo for scale.
#WildflowerHour
Rabbit poo for scale.
#WildflowerHour
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More from the Wellcome collection.
Morcella crassipes, by R. Baker, April. 1896, at Claverton. crassipes meaning thick-footed or thick-stemmed.
One of its vernacular names is Big-foot Morel.
Possibly painted at an art class in the Severn region of Clevedon, Avon. @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
Morcella crassipes, by R. Baker, April. 1896, at Claverton. crassipes meaning thick-footed or thick-stemmed.
One of its vernacular names is Big-foot Morel.
Possibly painted at an art class in the Severn region of Clevedon, Avon. @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More from the Wellcome collection.
Morcella crassipes, by R. Baker, April. 1896, at Claverton. crassipes meaning thick-footed or thick-stemmed.
One of its vernacular names is Big-foot Morel.
Possibly painted at an art class in the Severn region of Clevedon, Avon. @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
Morcella crassipes, by R. Baker, April. 1896, at Claverton. crassipes meaning thick-footed or thick-stemmed.
One of its vernacular names is Big-foot Morel.
Possibly painted at an art class in the Severn region of Clevedon, Avon. @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
Alpine Cotula (Cotula alpina) is currently a fairly rare non-native though abundant on some road verges on the North York Moors & probably spreading. Didn't seem to be adversely affecting the fungi which is good. #WildFlowerHour
Link to BSBI Atlas - plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
Link to BSBI Atlas - plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Alpine Cotula (Cotula alpina) is currently a fairly rare non-native though abundant on some road verges on the North York Moors & probably spreading. Didn't seem to be adversely affecting the fungi which is good. #WildFlowerHour
Link to BSBI Atlas - plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
Link to BSBI Atlas - plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
Bell Heather was still flowering up on the North York Moors, as was Cross-leaved Heath which was looking prettier ... but I forgot to photograph it. #WildFlowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Bell Heather was still flowering up on the North York Moors, as was Cross-leaved Heath which was looking prettier ... but I forgot to photograph it. #WildFlowerHour
Some interesting earth tongues of different shapes, and a photo with a rabbit poo for scale. All on a grassy moorland road verge growing with some waxcaps yesterday.
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Some interesting earth tongues of different shapes, and a photo with a rabbit poo for scale. All on a grassy moorland road verge growing with some waxcaps yesterday.
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
With @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who did all the digital recording because I (🙄)hadn't downloaded the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social waxcap app
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The flower beds at RHS Harlow Carr provide a habitat for Crucibulum laeve (Common Bird's Nest) but you have to look closely to spot the numerous tiny nests. #fungi
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The flower beds at RHS Harlow Carr provide a habitat for Crucibulum laeve (Common Bird's Nest) but you have to look closely to spot the numerous tiny nests. #fungi
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Great to see almost 2000 plants for Nidderdale National Landscape leaving the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social Much of the material was collected in Nidderdale, bulked up in the nursery, and will be used to enhance a network of new upland ponds & scrapes.
October 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great to see almost 2000 plants for Nidderdale National Landscape leaving the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social Much of the material was collected in Nidderdale, bulked up in the nursery, and will be used to enhance a network of new upland ponds & scrapes.
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📷 A fungus (Cortinarius purpurascens?): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1897. Wellcome Collection. Notation: Cortinarius purpurascens Claverton Sept/97, in pencil: "Strong scented"
Who led the classes? What was their intent? Nice botanical accuracy @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
Who led the classes? What was their intent? Nice botanical accuracy @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📷 A fungus (Cortinarius purpurascens?): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1897. Wellcome Collection. Notation: Cortinarius purpurascens Claverton Sept/97, in pencil: "Strong scented"
Who led the classes? What was their intent? Nice botanical accuracy @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
Who led the classes? What was their intent? Nice botanical accuracy @botanicalmartin.bsky.social
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Calling all Solanum fans - this keys out as S nitidibaccum apart from petal width. Several plants with all petals like this. Plenty of normal-looking, white-flowered nearby. Any ideas, please?
October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Calling all Solanum fans - this keys out as S nitidibaccum apart from petal width. Several plants with all petals like this. Plenty of normal-looking, white-flowered nearby. Any ideas, please?
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The final countdown has begun! This week we're publishing #95 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series & our star species, brought to us by our very own Josie Monaghan, is the iconic Lady's-slipper Orchid: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... Click through to read more about this amazing species' revival!
#95 Lady's-slipper Orchid by Josie Monaghan — neyedc
Josie’s chosen species is one of our most iconic and beautiful native wildflowers, the Lady’s-slipped Orchid Cypripedium calceolus . Josie first worked with NEYEDC as a short-term contractor in ...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The final countdown has begun! This week we're publishing #95 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series & our star species, brought to us by our very own Josie Monaghan, is the iconic Lady's-slipper Orchid: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... Click through to read more about this amazing species' revival!
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Verdigris Roundhead, Stropharia aeruginosa at Arger Fen near Sudbury, Suffolk today. One of my faves 😍 @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Verdigris Roundhead, Stropharia aeruginosa at Arger Fen near Sudbury, Suffolk today. One of my faves 😍 @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
At this time of year I usually see lots of fungi that I can't name but I saw this and thought it was a Penny Bun!* because from above it literally looks like an egg-glazed bread bun.
*Now I check it could also be Bitter Bolete** (I didn't photo the right bits). Either way, it was fun to find
*Now I check it could also be Bitter Bolete** (I didn't photo the right bits). Either way, it was fun to find
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
At this time of year I usually see lots of fungi that I can't name but I saw this and thought it was a Penny Bun!* because from above it literally looks like an egg-glazed bread bun.
*Now I check it could also be Bitter Bolete** (I didn't photo the right bits). Either way, it was fun to find
*Now I check it could also be Bitter Bolete** (I didn't photo the right bits). Either way, it was fun to find
Some Blackening Waxcap fungi from a local churchyard from last week - quite easy to spot in the grass and ID when they turn black
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Some Blackening Waxcap fungi from a local churchyard from last week - quite easy to spot in the grass and ID when they turn black
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Today's work in progress: Cuphophyllus flavipes (Yellow-Foot Waxcap). This species grows on the croquet lawn of the Archbishop Holgate Hospital, West Yorkshire. #Fungi #FungiFriday
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today's work in progress: Cuphophyllus flavipes (Yellow-Foot Waxcap). This species grows on the croquet lawn of the Archbishop Holgate Hospital, West Yorkshire. #Fungi #FungiFriday