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Back on Bluesky for Halloween to share the latest fungi finds with less-than-accurate alt text identifications #FungiFriends
A penny bun mushroom in leaf litter A parasol (or shaggy parasol) mushroom in short grass and pine needles A meadow waxcap in short grass Orange peel fungus in bare soil with grass and green leaves surrounding
October 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
notoftenconcise.bsky.social
Biggest harvest of the season, and after terrible growing in 2024 the best for a couple of years.

This #allotment is a wonderful place for reflection, so I can't add this to my timeline without thinking of #Gaza; how even this simple harvest would be withheld in the Israeli government's genocide.
A blue wooden table on an allotment (woodchip floor and apples in the background), on which a variety of purple and golden potatoes are piled alongside some large rhubarb stalks with leaves still attached A cardboard box of harvested veg - small and large courgettes, small chard leaves, slightly eaten cavolo nero leaves and two large purple kohlrabi
July 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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📢 The UK government has failed to act despite overwhelming evidence of atrocities in Gaza. We demand an end to UK complicity!
🚨 Ministers: We demand an end to UK complicity.
👉 allytoatrocities.com
#AllyToAtrocities #EndUKComplicity #JusticeForPalestine
Graphic with the door of 10 Downing Street on a red and black background. Text at the top reads "The UK Government cannot pick and choose when to uphold international law or whose lives are worth protecting."
March 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
notoftenconcise.bsky.social
Harvest time!
An oyster mushroom growing kit, with large mushrooms growing out of a hole in the right hand side of a cardboard box.
January 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The best bit about grow you own mushroom kits is seeing how fast the mycelium fruits - this is progress over two days
An oyster mushroom grow kit box, with an opening on the right hand side from which mushrooms are starting to fruit - first of three photos, this one with very small growth An oyster mushroom grow kit box, with an opening on the right hand side from which mushrooms are starting to fruit - second of three photos, this one with noticeable growth. Cluster of mushrooms is palm sized. An oyster mushroom grow kit box, with an opening on the right hand side from which mushrooms are starting to fruit - third of three photos, this with even more growth. Mushrooms starting to look distinct, cluster is the size of a fist.
January 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
notoftenconcise.bsky.social
My best Bluesky-linked discovery so far has been this zine from @lycomorpha.bsky.social

Really cool way to mix art, video games and botany knowledge. Beautiful illustrations and very interesting commentary about how they came up with the fictional field notes.

Check out their etsy page!
Cover of "Journal of Video Game Botany", a volume of the zine inspired by Horizon Zero Dawn. Includes hand drawn images of the game's medicinal plant (leaves, flower, root and full plant).
December 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
notoftenconcise.bsky.social
Branching...
An autumn woodland path - leaves on trees turning red and orange, and fallen leaves littering the floor.
November 14, 2024 at 12:02 AM
notoftenconcise.bsky.social
Should probably branch out from the fungi posts soon - just trying to make sure the algorithm gives me some respite from the political and ethical bonfire that is November 2024.

One more mushroom for luck, then I might branch out a bit...
A brown mushroom emerging from a mossy forest floor.
November 13, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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A recommendation for nothern England #FungiFriends - the brilliant exhibition at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Hardcastle Crags is finishing this weekend! A collection of art & expertise about grassland fungi (& why Calderdale is a hot-spot for rare waxcaps)

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/yorksh...
A colourful display of ceramic mushrooms A display case with a mossy green background containing a dozen ceramic inkcaps at different stages of fruiting. A display of two colourful fungi illustrations in a fantasy style. The top is of a Scarlet Waxcap, the bottom is of a Shaggy Inkcap. An art display of a piece called "inky inkcaps", where each mushroom is drawn like a ghost.
November 13, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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First post, set the tone with some recent and unexpected fungi finds on a coastal path #FungiFriends
November 11, 2024 at 6:34 PM