I found several of them (a set?) in the Leicestershire Museums store when I worked there. Perhaps other museums have them.

Well, that’s the winter taken care of. I think we’ll be spending it revising the RPR! There are some frightening changes in the new list. Will it galvanise people/organisations into action?

Artomyces pyxidatus, found in Leicestershire today, its most northerly site so far.

Seed pods of Medicago sativa ssp. falcata (very little else left!) on Woolwich Common.

Phytolacca americana on the side of a path in Charlton.

Colutea arborescens in some ‘waste land’ near Gallions Reach.

Atropa belladonna, Deadly Nightshade, in St. Margaret’s churchyard. Where else?

One of 6 fairy rings of Marasmius oreades (Fairy Ring Champignon), and some Hortiboletus rubellus (Ruby Bolete) at Maryon Park, Charlton SE7.

A nice find: a patch of Trifolium fragiferum, Strawberry Clover, at Maryon Park in Charlton SE7.

Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, from Shackewell Hollow SSSI.

I was there a couple of weeks ago for the BSBI Recoders’ Meeting when the Box was in flower. Some bushes were badly affected by blight and moth, but others nearby were healthy.

It was hard to see among the willow coppice stems, when we went to find it (with a grid ref from the finder). It’s not producing spores yet, so will be checked in the spring. I had a look at another willow coppice area but couldn’t find another one.