Simon Harding
@simon-ontheverge.bsky.social
Wildlife curious nature nerd, Fungi, Botany, Bugs, Birds and Stuff. Wildlife gardening. Looking forward to having more time
Mosaic puffball on Exmoor grassland
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November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Mosaic puffball on Exmoor grassland
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Entoloma atromadidum, sequenced find from a Cotswold Common. One of the Big Blue Pinkgill group that contains species yet to be determined. #FungiFriends #Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Naturalist #Nature
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Entoloma atromadidum, sequenced find from a Cotswold Common. One of the Big Blue Pinkgill group that contains species yet to be determined. #FungiFriends #Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Naturalist #Nature
Gliophorus psittacinus - Parrot Waxcap for Mushroom Monday. Love the way these so often blend in with their surroundings so well you can hardly find them until their age gives them away #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Naturalist #Mycology #Nature #Naturalist
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gliophorus psittacinus - Parrot Waxcap for Mushroom Monday. Love the way these so often blend in with their surroundings so well you can hardly find them until their age gives them away #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Naturalist #Mycology #Nature #Naturalist
Cotswold grazed grassland was where I saw this chunky little Cordyceps militaris recently #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #UKNaturalist #Wildlife #FungiFriends
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Cotswold grazed grassland was where I saw this chunky little Cordyceps militaris recently #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #UKNaturalist #Wildlife #FungiFriends
Nice, there is a white form of H. calyptriformis which these might be, alternatively Cuphophyllus fornicatus can look a bit like this when young as in this image
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Nice, there is a white form of H. calyptriformis which these might be, alternatively Cuphophyllus fornicatus can look a bit like this when young as in this image
Monday #Mushroom added to the English list last week and one to look out for at the moment, Clavaria calabrica. Looking a bit like Clavaria fumosa but with “dividing fingers”, the texture is more wax crayon like than C. fumosa. #FungiFriends #Naturalist #Mycology #Fungi #UKWildlife
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Monday #Mushroom added to the English list last week and one to look out for at the moment, Clavaria calabrica. Looking a bit like Clavaria fumosa but with “dividing fingers”, the texture is more wax crayon like than C. fumosa. #FungiFriends #Naturalist #Mycology #Fungi #UKWildlife
A different location than last week for Clustered Bellflower on a Minchinhampton Common today #WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A different location than last week for Clustered Bellflower on a Minchinhampton Common today #WildflowerHour
Harebell in the mist on Minchinhampton Common today
Early submission for #WildflowerHour as I’ll be busy later
Early submission for #WildflowerHour as I’ll be busy later
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Harebell in the mist on Minchinhampton Common today
Early submission for #WildflowerHour as I’ll be busy later
Early submission for #WildflowerHour as I’ll be busy later
Think this is Clustered Bellflower - Campanula glomerata I saw yesterday, not large plants, not much clustering going on… and quite late in the year. Not recorded in the area for a while #WildflowerHour sorry it’s a bit late 😀 Oh and a late Autumn Gentian from Minchinhampton last wk (diff location).
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Think this is Clustered Bellflower - Campanula glomerata I saw yesterday, not large plants, not much clustering going on… and quite late in the year. Not recorded in the area for a while #WildflowerHour sorry it’s a bit late 😀 Oh and a late Autumn Gentian from Minchinhampton last wk (diff location).
The lovely sky was worth braving the chill wind on Minchinhampton Common today
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The lovely sky was worth braving the chill wind on Minchinhampton Common today
Toasted Waxcap - Cuphophyllus colemannianus are up on some of the Cotswold Commons #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKNature #Naturalist #Wildlife
October 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Toasted Waxcap - Cuphophyllus colemannianus are up on some of the Cotswold Commons #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKNature #Naturalist #Wildlife
Big blue Pinkgills are out now, these are most likely Entoloma bloxamii s. str. I saw on a Cotswold Common #Fungi #Fungifriends #Mushrooms #UKWildlife
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Big blue Pinkgills are out now, these are most likely Entoloma bloxamii s. str. I saw on a Cotswold Common #Fungi #Fungifriends #Mushrooms #UKWildlife
Had a lovely one a few years back, quite beautiful in a fungi kind of way 😍
October 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Had a lovely one a few years back, quite beautiful in a fungi kind of way 😍
Stopped for coffee and was transported to another world: Poznan
October 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Stopped for coffee and was transported to another world: Poznan
Autumn Gentian on Minchinhampton Common.. possibly the last of the year in flower on Sunday
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Autumn Gentian on Minchinhampton Common.. possibly the last of the year in flower on Sunday
Had a very blowy return from a trip to Croatia yesterday.. then the Uber had a blow out in heavy rain on the M56 which took 2 hours to fix… but it was worth it all 😂
October 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Had a very blowy return from a trip to Croatia yesterday.. then the Uber had a blow out in heavy rain on the M56 which took 2 hours to fix… but it was worth it all 😂
Entoloma neglectum from a Cotswold Common. There are around 17 British records including duplicates since 1800 to date so this sequenced find is quite rare #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #UKWildlife
October 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Entoloma neglectum from a Cotswold Common. There are around 17 British records including duplicates since 1800 to date so this sequenced find is quite rare #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #UKWildlife
Finally got around to sequencing a Big Blue Pinkgill from Bodmin 2018 which revealed it as Entoloma madidum. One of the rarer species in the E. bloxamii group.
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#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Nature
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Finally got around to sequencing a Big Blue Pinkgill from Bodmin 2018 which revealed it as Entoloma madidum. One of the rarer species in the E. bloxamii group.
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Nature
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #UKWildlife #Nature
5:22am this morning and the bats were still over my wildlife garden. (Obligatory rescue cat demanding food as they do).
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
5:22am this morning and the bats were still over my wildlife garden. (Obligatory rescue cat demanding food as they do).
Beautiful! I had stewed Cherry Plums on the weekend and saved them frozen as ice cubes. Think I’ll make a drink flavour, maybe vodka, maybe gin 👌🏼
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Beautiful! I had stewed Cherry Plums on the weekend and saved them frozen as ice cubes. Think I’ll make a drink flavour, maybe vodka, maybe gin 👌🏼
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket will be showing itself any time now until the season end. Image from a few years ago around this time of year. #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #Mushrooms
August 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket will be showing itself any time now until the season end. Image from a few years ago around this time of year. #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #Mushrooms
Volvariella bombycina - Silky Rosegill on a large fallen oak today #Fungi
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#FungiFriends #Fungi #Nature #Mycology #Mushrooms
August 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Volvariella bombycina - Silky Rosegill on a large fallen oak today #Fungi
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Nature #Mycology #Mushrooms
#FungiFriends #Fungi #Nature #Mycology #Mushrooms
Salad Burnet Rust - Phragmidium sanguisorbae (DC.) J. Schröt, Selsley Common today
August 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Salad Burnet Rust - Phragmidium sanguisorbae (DC.) J. Schröt, Selsley Common today
It’s lovely to see the fruits of your labour and in this case it’s Cherry Plums from some of the hundreds I planted out in hedgerows over the last six years
July 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It’s lovely to see the fruits of your labour and in this case it’s Cherry Plums from some of the hundreds I planted out in hedgerows over the last six years
It’s so full of insects you can hear it buzz. Knapweed is such an important plant for many species. I feel bad for it as it gets a raw deal being a late flowerer, it’s often chopped before it’s in its prime 🙈
July 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s so full of insects you can hear it buzz. Knapweed is such an important plant for many species. I feel bad for it as it gets a raw deal being a late flowerer, it’s often chopped before it’s in its prime 🙈