Liz Downey
@lizlouise.bsky.social
Interested in nature and science, wildflowers & fungi 🌿🍄 Art and photography | History | LOTR 🧝♀️ I have a black Staffy called Ruby 🐕🦺 #iPhonePhotography
The most vibrant Goblet Waxcaps I’ve ever seen, in Dorset 🧡❤️ #Fungi #Mushrooms
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The most vibrant Goblet Waxcaps I’ve ever seen, in Dorset 🧡❤️ #Fungi #Mushrooms
Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis) - At least twice the usual number of mushrooms pushing their way up through the dead bracken alongside the wood-rushes 🩷🌿 #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis) - At least twice the usual number of mushrooms pushing their way up through the dead bracken alongside the wood-rushes 🩷🌿 #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms
Birch Bolete 🍄🟫 at Powerstock Nature Reserve in Dorset #Fungi #Mushrooms
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Birch Bolete 🍄🟫 at Powerstock Nature Reserve in Dorset #Fungi #Mushrooms
A pair of Bovine Bolete (Suillus bovinus) in a stand of Pine & Beech 🌲🌳🍂 #Fungi #Mushrooms
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A pair of Bovine Bolete (Suillus bovinus) in a stand of Pine & Beech 🌲🌳🍂 #Fungi #Mushrooms
A nibbled Birch Bolete in the Blackdowns (Leccinum) 🍄🟫🍂✨ #Mushrooms #Fungi
November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A nibbled Birch Bolete in the Blackdowns (Leccinum) 🍄🟫🍂✨ #Mushrooms #Fungi
Crab Brittlegill, Birch Brittlegill, Chestnut Bolete & Bloody Brittlegill from Wareham Forest 🍄🟫❤️🍂 #Mushrooms #Fungi #MushroomMonday
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Crab Brittlegill, Birch Brittlegill, Chestnut Bolete & Bloody Brittlegill from Wareham Forest 🍄🟫❤️🍂 #Mushrooms #Fungi #MushroomMonday
Primrose Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) seen near Wareham Forest last week 🩷 #MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Primrose Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) seen near Wareham Forest last week 🩷 #MushroomMonday #Fungi #Mushrooms
Yellow Swamp Brittlegill (Russula clarofava) in a wet birch woodland near Wareham this morning 💛 #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yellow Swamp Brittlegill (Russula clarofava) in a wet birch woodland near Wareham this morning 💛 #Fungi #Mushrooms
I don’t see many Fly Agaric in the Blackdowns so it’s always nice to find one 🍄😍🍄 #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I don’t see many Fly Agaric in the Blackdowns so it’s always nice to find one 🍄😍🍄 #Fungi #Mushrooms
Nice to find Blue Band Brittlegill - Russula chloroides, showing the distinctive turquoise ring at the top of the stem #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Nice to find Blue Band Brittlegill - Russula chloroides, showing the distinctive turquoise ring at the top of the stem #Fungi #Mushrooms
They seem to have slowed now but this has definitely been an excellent year for Boletes. I’ve seen many species for the first time this year, including Devil’s Bolete, Bilious Bolete, Inkstain Bolete, Oak Bolete, a white Penny Bun & more! #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄🟫🍄🟫🍄🟫
October 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
They seem to have slowed now but this has definitely been an excellent year for Boletes. I’ve seen many species for the first time this year, including Devil’s Bolete, Bilious Bolete, Inkstain Bolete, Oak Bolete, a white Penny Bun & more! #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄🟫🍄🟫🍄🟫
Beautiful pink Brittlegills - probably ‘The Flirt’ Russula vesca, growing with Oak & Beech 💕🌳 #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Beautiful pink Brittlegills - probably ‘The Flirt’ Russula vesca, growing with Oak & Beech 💕🌳 #Fungi #Mushrooms
Huge variety of Brittlegills & Milkcaps fruiting at the moment #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Huge variety of Brittlegills & Milkcaps fruiting at the moment #Fungi #Mushrooms
First Fly Agarics of the year for me, plus some False Deathcap 🍄🟫🍄 #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
First Fly Agarics of the year for me, plus some False Deathcap 🍄🟫🍄 #Fungi #Mushrooms
Charcoal Burner with Beech in the Blackdowns #Fungi #Mushrooms
October 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Charcoal Burner with Beech in the Blackdowns #Fungi #Mushrooms
Plums and Custard (Tricholomopsis rutilans) at Wayford Woods 🩷💛 #Fungi #Mushrooms
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Plums and Custard (Tricholomopsis rutilans) at Wayford Woods 🩷💛 #Fungi #Mushrooms
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
September 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Found a beautiful Brittlegill & have been to a workshop today to try & get it sequenced to find out which species it is - fingers crossed it works! #Fungi #Mushrooms
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Found a beautiful Brittlegill & have been to a workshop today to try & get it sequenced to find out which species it is - fingers crossed it works! #Fungi #Mushrooms
Lots more found in the area today! 🤩
September 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Lots more found in the area today! 🤩
Have always wanted to see this one 😍 Devil’s Bolete - Rubroboletus satanas 👹 - I actually picked this thinking it was Caloboletus radicans & was surprised to find it was this! Have left it with another one growing next to it #Fungi #Mushrooms
September 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Have always wanted to see this one 😍 Devil’s Bolete - Rubroboletus satanas 👹 - I actually picked this thinking it was Caloboletus radicans & was surprised to find it was this! Have left it with another one growing next to it #Fungi #Mushrooms
I’m definitely obsessed with mushrooms - now have mushroom ornaments in my cactus pots 😆🌵🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’m definitely obsessed with mushrooms - now have mushroom ornaments in my cactus pots 😆🌵🍄
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi
#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Fungi
Milkcaps & Brittlegills - my favourites to try & identify - i think these are Russula pseudointegra, Lactarius azonites, L. zonarius & L. semisanguifluus #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms
September 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Milkcaps & Brittlegills - my favourites to try & identify - i think these are Russula pseudointegra, Lactarius azonites, L. zonarius & L. semisanguifluus #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms
Lots of Boletes in Somerset - Lurid Bolete, some kind of Ruby Bolete, Weeping Bolete & Matte Bolete #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄🟫🍄🟫🍄🟫
September 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lots of Boletes in Somerset - Lurid Bolete, some kind of Ruby Bolete, Weeping Bolete & Matte Bolete #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄🟫🍄🟫🍄🟫