Fay Newbery
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
Plant pathologist with an interest in microfungi on plants, lichens, lichenicolous fungi and aquatic hyphomycetes.
There are two other lichen guides for Britain and Ireland in print. But this is the first one written by a northern team. If you live in the North of the UK, then this is definitely the one for you.
Been looking for a lichens book and it's mad there wasn't one until now!
“Lichens of Britain & Ireland” by Rebecca Yahr and Frances Stoakley is finally available for purchase. This has been a much needed ID guide for beginners to intermediates and the publication is finally here!! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/lichens-o... #bloomsbury #lichens
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
There are two other lichen guides for Britain and Ireland in print. But this is the first one written by a northern team. If you live in the North of the UK, then this is definitely the one for you.
Looking good. Great to see lichens included.
I’m excited to share my newest painting ‘Courtship’ with you!
I shared WIP shots a while back, here’s the finished piece for a gallery show. Just Like Honey 2 opens at Antler & Talon Galleries in PDX 12/19
I dig these hexagon panels.
#ArtAdventCalendar #natureart #salamanders #mushrooms #lichen
I shared WIP shots a while back, here’s the finished piece for a gallery show. Just Like Honey 2 opens at Antler & Talon Galleries in PDX 12/19
I dig these hexagon panels.
#ArtAdventCalendar #natureart #salamanders #mushrooms #lichen
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Looking good. Great to see lichens included.
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Interested in moth trapping?
Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?
Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social
#mothsmatter #teammoth
Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?
Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social
#mothsmatter #teammoth
Effect of bulb type on moth trap catch and composition in UK gardens
We analyse 10 years of records Garden Moth Scheme (GMS) to estimate the effect of bulb and trap type on the number of moths caught by moth traps. We find that brighter, higher wattage bulbs collect ...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Interested in moth trapping?
Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?
Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social
#mothsmatter #teammoth
Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?
Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social
#mothsmatter #teammoth
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On Sunday February 22nd I'm doing a lichen walk and talk at Higham Hall near Cockermouth. More info here: highamhall.com/course/liche...
LOOKING AT SMALL THINGS: LICHENS AT HIGHAM - Higham Hall
Take a stroll around Higham’s grounds with Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte Group member Pete Martin for an enjoyable introduction to lichens, overlooked yet remarkable features of the natural world that ...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
On Sunday February 22nd I'm doing a lichen walk and talk at Higham Hall near Cockermouth. More info here: highamhall.com/course/liche...
Which theme will your best pictures fit into? Don't forget to give your photos titles to get people's attention. You'll want to win as many votes as possible!
The British Lichen Society photo competition is open to all. The themes this year are ‘Under the microscope’ and ‘The bigger picture’. Find the full details at the bottom of our AGM Weekend page. Judging will take place by popular vote during this event. britishlichensociety.org.uk/the-society/...
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Which theme will your best pictures fit into? Don't forget to give your photos titles to get people's attention. You'll want to win as many votes as possible!
The theme for this meeting is Lichens in Churchyards and on Man-made structures. Come and hear how lichens can form a protective layer over stone.
Booking is now open for the British #Lichen Society AGM weekend in Carlisle 30th Jan - 1st Feb 2026. britishlichensociety.org.uk/the-society/... Even if you're not a member, why not come along to meet us, to hear talks about lichens, and to take part in our Sunday field trip at Carlisle Cemetery.
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The theme for this meeting is Lichens in Churchyards and on Man-made structures. Come and hear how lichens can form a protective layer over stone.
Such a perfect posy.
The brainiest orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca) I ever saw. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Such a perfect posy.
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Gulnara Tagirdzhanova nous a présenté ses recherches sur les interactions au sein des lichens à partir d’approches omics.
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Gulnara Tagirdzhanova nous a présenté ses recherches sur les interactions au sein des lichens à partir d’approches omics.
An amazing photograph! Will we receive work of this calibre for the British Lichen Society photo competition? Details at britishlichensociety.org.uk/the-society/...
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
An amazing photograph! Will we receive work of this calibre for the British Lichen Society photo competition? Details at britishlichensociety.org.uk/the-society/...
What an amazing resource this will be!
I have photographed 110 individual Asterionellopsis glacialis colonies over the last 3 years. And now they’re all ready for the Norfolk Plankton Image Library! #marineplankton 🦑
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What an amazing resource this will be!
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Some fungi are so small they are only likely to be found by deliberate searching. This curiosity was shown to me today at Whitlingham. The 'large' structure here is an old nail gall on a lime tree leaf caused by Eriophyes tiliae. The fungus, Ophiognomonia melanostyla, is the tiny black prongs on it!
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Some fungi are so small they are only likely to be found by deliberate searching. This curiosity was shown to me today at Whitlingham. The 'large' structure here is an old nail gall on a lime tree leaf caused by Eriophyes tiliae. The fungus, Ophiognomonia melanostyla, is the tiny black prongs on it!
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I’ve seen quite a few of these tiny Mycena pseudocorticolas recently, always amongst moss on damp tree trunks. I like em.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’ve seen quite a few of these tiny Mycena pseudocorticolas recently, always amongst moss on damp tree trunks. I like em.
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Had a lovely time chatting to Ellie, The Curious Geographer, about stone lichens and how they challenge our thinking about the natural world and our cultural heritage @britishlichensociety.org.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
youtu.be/9tO_5yBvQmw
youtu.be/9tO_5yBvQmw
Dr Nicholas Carter on the fascinating world of Lichens!
YouTube video by the curious geographer
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November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Had a lovely time chatting to Ellie, The Curious Geographer, about stone lichens and how they challenge our thinking about the natural world and our cultural heritage @britishlichensociety.org.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
youtu.be/9tO_5yBvQmw
youtu.be/9tO_5yBvQmw
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Small coffee-bean shaped fungi on bark. There are a few species, but this is probably the commonest - Hysterium angustatum, distinguished by the 4 celled spores with rounded ends. Foxley Wood.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Small coffee-bean shaped fungi on bark. There are a few species, but this is probably the commonest - Hysterium angustatum, distinguished by the 4 celled spores with rounded ends. Foxley Wood.
These are amazing! So creative and unique.
By popular demand & with my mother’s approval…
Holly & Ivy Christmas card set of 4. Individually wrapped & signed.
Link to buy: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/23649809...
Holly & Ivy Christmas card set of 4. Individually wrapped & signed.
Link to buy: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/23649809...
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
These are amazing! So creative and unique.
Fabulous. I'd love to see more of these as you work through your data. What part of the country were you in? I'm not seeing some of those pathogens. I probably just need to look harder!
Interactions between plant pathogens (left) and plants across five quadrats in a restored species-rich grassland. The basic premise of my PhD is to see if these interaction networks differ between restored and ancient grasslands.
#FungiFriends #NetworkEcology
#FungiFriends #NetworkEcology
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fabulous. I'd love to see more of these as you work through your data. What part of the country were you in? I'm not seeing some of those pathogens. I probably just need to look harder!
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Key findings:
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
Maps created by 1960s schoolchildren provide new insights into habitat losses
A new study of 1960s maps, many of which were created by young people, has provided important fresh evidence of the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by agricultural intensification and urban...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Key findings:
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
• 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930
• Pastures and meadows reduced by 29%
• Arable land up by one third by 1990
• Urban areas rose from 13% to 20%
A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
3/ #LandUse
This is the first British & Irish lichen book, that I am aware of, which is not focused on species common in southern England. Definitely the best beginners' lichen book to buy if you live in the north. That's one benefit of Scottish authors!
Curious about lichens?
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
Lichens of Britain & Ireland is a beautifully illustrated beginner’s guide to 200 species you can identify with just a magnifying lens.
Available to pre-order now!
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the first British & Irish lichen book, that I am aware of, which is not focused on species common in southern England. Definitely the best beginners' lichen book to buy if you live in the north. That's one benefit of Scottish authors!
A great book. Enjoy.
New arrival today. Not really easy reading - hopefully useful for my developing interests. #Hyphomycetes #MycoBookClub
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A great book. Enjoy.
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Mother: Excellent. Can you do me another?
Me: Thanks Mum. What were you thinking?
Mother: Holly and ivy with snowman.
Me:
Me: Thanks Mum. What were you thinking?
Mother: Holly and ivy with snowman.
Me:
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mother: Excellent. Can you do me another?
Me: Thanks Mum. What were you thinking?
Mother: Holly and ivy with snowman.
Me:
Me: Thanks Mum. What were you thinking?
Mother: Holly and ivy with snowman.
Me:
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We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.
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Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species
Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidn...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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#naturewriting
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#naturewriting
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
I’ve now read Trevor Dine’s Urban plants twice and keep dipping in. It’s one of the most compelling, captivating, well researched books I’ve read in years. To combine scholarship with such engaging prose and a brilliant choice of images is the work of a writer of real distinction.
You have at least six well photographed species here. Bring your photos to the next #AquaticHyphomycete online session and we can help you. Meanwhile look up Clavariopsis aquatica and Tetracladium marchalianum to start with.
My first #AquaticHyphomycetes sample. Lots of photos, no idea about the species yet 😅.
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You have at least six well photographed species here. Bring your photos to the next #AquaticHyphomycete online session and we can help you. Meanwhile look up Clavariopsis aquatica and Tetracladium marchalianum to start with.
Gorgeous. The best photo of a lichen community that I've seen for ages.
A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Gorgeous. The best photo of a lichen community that I've seen for ages.
You've missed my birthday list this year too. But I'm happy to take a voucher for a pre-order for Christmas! I'll let my family know. We'll done @sarahwhild.bsky.social
Missed the Christmas lists this year (damn!) but yes, get it on those birthday lists! 🤩💚
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You've missed my birthday list this year too. But I'm happy to take a voucher for a pre-order for Christmas! I'll let my family know. We'll done @sarahwhild.bsky.social