Rob Large
@roblarge.bsky.social
Field botanist, grassland mycologist and conservation ecologist, Natural England Field Unit.
BSBI referee, FISC Assessor and FISC
Development Working Group and QA panel.
Storyteller, traveller, anarchopunk, raver, troublemaker and so many other things.
BSBI referee, FISC Assessor and FISC
Development Working Group and QA panel.
Storyteller, traveller, anarchopunk, raver, troublemaker and so many other things.
Splendid Waxcaps, Hygrocybe splendidissima. For #WildFungiHour
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Splendid Waxcaps, Hygrocybe splendidissima. For #WildFungiHour
Plenty of Nitrous Waxcap, Neohygrocybe nitrata on Dartmoor yesterday.
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Plenty of Nitrous Waxcap, Neohygrocybe nitrata on Dartmoor yesterday.
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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If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.
May 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.
I've no idea how Hyacinthoides italica found its way into a Devon churchyard. It has been here for at least five years. Usually about 10 -15 plants and I think some are new this year.
April 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I've no idea how Hyacinthoides italica found its way into a Devon churchyard. It has been here for at least five years. Usually about 10 -15 plants and I think some are new this year.
So it turns out that the Longspine Thornapple, Datura ferox, which I casually identified in my neighbour's veg patch back in 2021, was in fact a first vice-county record.
January 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
So it turns out that the Longspine Thornapple, Datura ferox, which I casually identified in my neighbour's veg patch back in 2021, was in fact a first vice-county record.
Seems I ran out of photos of nationally rare natives (temporarily). So here's one that was formerly considered NR, but is now neophyte. I expect there will be a few more of these as I continue trawling the archives.
Wild Grape-hyacinth, Muscari neglectum.
Suffolk, March 2024.
Wild Grape-hyacinth, Muscari neglectum.
Suffolk, March 2024.
December 11, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Seems I ran out of photos of nationally rare natives (temporarily). So here's one that was formerly considered NR, but is now neophyte. I expect there will be a few more of these as I continue trawling the archives.
Wild Grape-hyacinth, Muscari neglectum.
Suffolk, March 2024.
Wild Grape-hyacinth, Muscari neglectum.
Suffolk, March 2024.
Field Eryngo, Eryngium campestre, NR.
South Devon, August 2020.
South Devon, August 2020.
December 10, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Field Eryngo, Eryngium campestre, NR.
South Devon, August 2020.
South Devon, August 2020.
White Rock-rose, Helianthemum apenninum, NR.
South Devon, June 2024.
South Devon, June 2024.
December 9, 2024 at 10:44 PM
White Rock-rose, Helianthemum apenninum, NR.
South Devon, June 2024.
South Devon, June 2024.
Cornish Bladderseed, Physospermum cornubiense, NR.
East Cornwall, July 2020.
East Cornwall, July 2020.
December 9, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Cornish Bladderseed, Physospermum cornubiense, NR.
East Cornwall, July 2020.
East Cornwall, July 2020.
Monkey Orchid, Orchis simia, NR.
Oxfordshire, May 2006.
Oxfordshire, May 2006.
December 9, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Monkey Orchid, Orchis simia, NR.
Oxfordshire, May 2006.
Oxfordshire, May 2006.
Military Orchid, Orchis militaris, NR.
Buckinghamshire, May 2023.
Buckinghamshire, May 2023.
December 9, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Military Orchid, Orchis militaris, NR.
Buckinghamshire, May 2023.
Buckinghamshire, May 2023.
Sea Stock, Matthiola sinuata, NR.
North Devon, June 2019
North Devon, June 2019
December 9, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Sea Stock, Matthiola sinuata, NR.
North Devon, June 2019
North Devon, June 2019
Pigmy Rush, Juncus pygmaeus, NR.
The Lizard, May 2016.
The Lizard, May 2016.
December 9, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Pigmy Rush, Juncus pygmaeus, NR.
The Lizard, May 2016.
The Lizard, May 2016.
Dwarf Rush, Juncus capitatus, NR.
The Lizard, May 2016.
The Lizard, May 2016.
December 9, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Dwarf Rush, Juncus capitatus, NR.
The Lizard, May 2016.
The Lizard, May 2016.
Fen Ragwort, Senecio paludosus, NR.
Cambridgeshire, August 2021.
Cambridgeshire, August 2021.
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Fen Ragwort, Senecio paludosus, NR.
Cambridgeshire, August 2021.
Cambridgeshire, August 2021.
Spotted Cat's-ear, Hypochaeris maculata, NR.
The Lizard, May 2022.
The Lizard, May 2022.
December 9, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Spotted Cat's-ear, Hypochaeris maculata, NR.
The Lizard, May 2022.
The Lizard, May 2022.
Fringed Rupturewort, Herniaria ciliolata, NA.
The Lizard, May 2016.
The Lizard, May 2016.
December 9, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Fringed Rupturewort, Herniaria ciliolata, NA.
The Lizard, May 2016.
The Lizard, May 2016.
Hairy Greenweed, Genista pilosa, NR.
West Cornwall, May 2017.
West Cornwall, May 2017.
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Hairy Greenweed, Genista pilosa, NR.
West Cornwall, May 2017.
West Cornwall, May 2017.
Slender Marsh-bedstraw, Galium constrictum, NR.
Hampshire, June 2023.
Hampshire, June 2023.
December 9, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Slender Marsh-bedstraw, Galium constrictum, NR.
Hampshire, June 2023.
Hampshire, June 2023.
Cornish Heath, Erica vagans, NR.
The Lizard, June 2017.
The Lizard, June 2017.
December 9, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Cornish Heath, Erica vagans, NR.
The Lizard, June 2017.
The Lizard, June 2017.
Red Helleborine, Cephalanthera rubra, NR.
Chiltern, June 2005.
Chiltern, June 2005.
December 9, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Red Helleborine, Cephalanthera rubra, NR.
Chiltern, June 2005.
Chiltern, June 2005.
Fox Sedge, Carex vulpina, NR.
Kent, June 2023.
Kent, June 2023.
December 9, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Fox Sedge, Carex vulpina, NR.
Kent, June 2023.
Kent, June 2023.
Large-fruited Prickly-sedge, Carex muricata subsp. muricata, NR.
Yorkshire, August 2016.
Yorkshire, August 2016.
December 9, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Large-fruited Prickly-sedge, Carex muricata subsp. muricata, NR.
Yorkshire, August 2016.
Yorkshire, August 2016.
Large Yellow-sedge, Carex flava, NR.
Yorkshire, June 2010.
Yorkshire, June 2010.
December 9, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Large Yellow-sedge, Carex flava, NR.
Yorkshire, June 2010.
Yorkshire, June 2010.