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Natural world of Penicuik, geology, geo collections 🇺🇦
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Wrinkled crust #fungi
A irregular crust fungus growing on a fallen beech tree
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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#lichen
A leafy like lichen growing on a branch
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Velvet shank #fungi
Two velvet shank, one overlapping the other. The caps are sticky and very high gloss. Distorted images of the surrounding trees can be seen in the reflections
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Scarlet elf cup #fungi
Two bright scarlet elf cups in a bed of bright green moss
January 31, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Group of velvet shank #fungi
Looking up towards a group of velvet shank fungi. two large and four small ones underneath. Translucent rich colour
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Velvet shank #fungi
A single velvet shank fungus viewed from slightly underneath so the gills can be seen. The cap is wavy and translucent, a golden colour. The stem is black. Its growing on a fallen branch with a line of green moss
January 31, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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Couple of bracket fungus #fungi
Two red belted bracket fungi, one growing above the other. Dark red, getting lighter towards the creamy edge
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Hazel flower
close-up photo of a tiny pink hazel flower emerging from a bud
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Local woods - a while back
Local woods, small beech trees still with brown leaves. Beyond, a mass of fine branches and a few trees. Backlit sun making all shine
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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Scarlet elf cup #fungi
Bowl like scarlet elf cup with in-turned rim. The inside is shiny and darker red. Its surrounded by succulent green mosses with brownish sporophytes extending up
January 30, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Velvet shank #fungi
A single velvet shank fungi, a slightly folded cap, bright orange, highly glossy and sticky. A small drop of rainwater on the forward edge
January 30, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Bracket fungus #fungi
Dark red to black bracket fungus growing on a fallen beech log. Its wet and highly glossy, bur irregular lumpy surface
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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Cladonia #lichen
Looking down on several irregular cup shaped lichen with bright red tips
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Cladonia #lichen
Small irregular cup shaped lichen with bright red rounded tips
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Velvet Shank #fungi
Bright orange fungus growing from the side of log. Viewed from underneath, translucent showing gills. A large one at the top, three smaller ones underneath
January 30, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Turkish oak acorn cup
An angled view looking into one acorn cup of a pair. Sitting on moss.
January 17, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Fallen hair ice
A few chunky wisps of very fine hair ice on the woodland floor. It has fallen from a log
January 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Turkish oak acorn case
A double Turkish oak acorn case with characteristic prickly acorn cap. Looking like a tentacles of sea anemone
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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Icicles in the burn
A long row of short fairly thick icicles dangling down on the bank of the burn
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Frozen burn
Looking directly down at a burn that is completely frozen over with angular ice patterns. A few well rounded stones in the bottom third of the photo appear to be the focus of ice growth
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Hair ice day - this one is in the garden
A small bare branch has curly/wavy hair ice growing from it
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Friendly bull
A very large bull in a grassy field, brown body with white curly hair on the head
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Sheep field
Landscape photograph of an expansive, airy, grassy field, slight slope to the left. Sheep are dotted around the field. a distant, ragged treeline can be seen, above a bright blue sky and intermittent clouds
December 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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#lichen on a wall
A flat stone surface is covered with interlocking lichen of irregular shapes a dark line between different lichen make them stand out
December 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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A new #slimemould today
Bunches of small tightly packed orange coloured slime moulds growing on moss, lots of separate clumps merging together in places
December 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM