Graham Featherstone
@mothman60.bsky.social
Keen naturalist,Lepidoptera,Botany,Fungi and Lichens !
Temperature dropped to -7.2 last night and the Esk has a thin coat of ice !Lealholm, VC62 !
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Temperature dropped to -7.2 last night and the Esk has a thin coat of ice !Lealholm, VC62 !
Chaeonothecia ferruginea on an old Oak here in North Yorkshire !🙂
January 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Chaeonothecia ferruginea on an old Oak here in North Yorkshire !🙂
A quick wander down by the river produced some nice fungi today !Great start to the year !Scarlet elf cup, Orange peel fungi and Illosporopsis christiansenii !🤗
January 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
A quick wander down by the river produced some nice fungi today !Great start to the year !Scarlet elf cup, Orange peel fungi and Illosporopsis christiansenii !🤗
Just call me Golden balls !! Amazing slime mould found under a wet log here in VC62 !
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just call me Golden balls !! Amazing slime mould found under a wet log here in VC62 !
Yep, more Slime moulds.Sorry can't name them !😌
December 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yep, more Slime moulds.Sorry can't name them !😌
Great Slime mould weather !
December 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Great Slime mould weather !
In winter i spend a lot of time in the woods turning over pieces of wood/branches, hoping to find Ascos.On christmas eve i found this little beauty.Obsi says its an Epo !Any info would be greatly accepted 😃
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In winter i spend a lot of time in the woods turning over pieces of wood/branches, hoping to find Ascos.On christmas eve i found this little beauty.Obsi says its an Epo !Any info would be greatly accepted 😃
And finally just for Christmas , mother nature had made a Peltigera wreath for us!🤗
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
And finally just for Christmas , mother nature had made a Peltigera wreath for us!🤗
Cladonia piccys !!🙄
December 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cladonia piccys !!🙄
There were lots of stunning Cladonia species of course !
December 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There were lots of stunning Cladonia species of course !
More lichens from yesterday .NYMNP.
December 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
More lichens from yesterday .NYMNP.
Yesterday 5 of us intrepid naturalists braved the fog and visited a very remote Larch stand on the edge of the NYMNP to look at the rare lichens there !We weren't disappointed !😃
December 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Yesterday 5 of us intrepid naturalists braved the fog and visited a very remote Larch stand on the edge of the NYMNP to look at the rare lichens there !We weren't disappointed !😃
With the fungi season slowly dwindling my attention turns towards lichens.Today i was rewarded with a new one:Coniocarpon cinnabarinum !!On Hazel by a stream side in VC62.Spores averaged 9.6 x 25.6 um !Yes i have purchased a microscope ! No VC62 records 🤔 .
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
With the fungi season slowly dwindling my attention turns towards lichens.Today i was rewarded with a new one:Coniocarpon cinnabarinum !!On Hazel by a stream side in VC62.Spores averaged 9.6 x 25.6 um !Yes i have purchased a microscope ! No VC62 records 🤔 .
Out on the moors today looking at Fungi.More examples of Lichenomphalia umbellifera found and possibly Laetisaria lichenicola on Physcia 🤔 .@jennyseawright.
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Out on the moors today looking at Fungi.More examples of Lichenomphalia umbellifera found and possibly Laetisaria lichenicola on Physcia 🤔 .@jennyseawright.
How fitting that my Deaths head Hawk moth has emerged on Halloween.🙂
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
How fitting that my Deaths head Hawk moth has emerged on Halloween.🙂
I found this wonderful Cladonia on the moor edge here in VC62.Cladonia rangiformis or C rangiferina perhaps 🤔
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I found this wonderful Cladonia on the moor edge here in VC62.Cladonia rangiformis or C rangiferina perhaps 🤔
My first ever Pseudoscorpion !OMG what a little beauty, possibly Neobisium carcinoides.Arncliffe woods, VC62 .
October 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My first ever Pseudoscorpion !OMG what a little beauty, possibly Neobisium carcinoides.Arncliffe woods, VC62 .
Out on the moors today looking at lichens.Pleased to find Lichenomphalia umbellifera ! @aspenecology.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Out on the moors today looking at lichens.Pleased to find Lichenomphalia umbellifera ! @aspenecology.com
Gotta luv a Weevil.Curculio glandium 😃
September 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Gotta luv a Weevil.Curculio glandium 😃
Called in to see a friend today at Ruswarp, near Whitby , VC62.As we walked round her lovely garden we spotted, Western conifer seed bug,Box bug and Hawthorn shieldbug.Also 2 fresh Common blues and 4 Small copper butterflies !
September 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Called in to see a friend today at Ruswarp, near Whitby , VC62.As we walked round her lovely garden we spotted, Western conifer seed bug,Box bug and Hawthorn shieldbug.Also 2 fresh Common blues and 4 Small copper butterflies !
Aren't Cladonias just amazing !!🙂
September 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Aren't Cladonias just amazing !!🙂
This Fistulina hepatica ( Beefsteak fungus) was a tad " overdone" for my liking !😆
September 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This Fistulina hepatica ( Beefsteak fungus) was a tad " overdone" for my liking !😆
Today i noticed a thallus of Hypogymnia with yellow patches.I presumed a fungal attack, however a friend has suggested Usnic acid leachate 🤔🤔
September 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today i noticed a thallus of Hypogymnia with yellow patches.I presumed a fungal attack, however a friend has suggested Usnic acid leachate 🤔🤔
Gotta love a Pale tussock catty !🙂
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Gotta love a Pale tussock catty !🙂
After 12mm of rain over the last 2 days, some of the common lichens on the moors look much fresher !Platismatia glauca and Parmelia omphalodes here on a large wooden post !
August 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
After 12mm of rain over the last 2 days, some of the common lichens on the moors look much fresher !Platismatia glauca and Parmelia omphalodes here on a large wooden post !