For #MushroomMonday rows of brackets: Turkeytail Trametes versicolor (L) and Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa (R). One from our High Weald lane (L) and one (R) from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren a few miles east.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:22 PM
For #MushroomMonday rows of brackets: Turkeytail Trametes versicolor (L) and Crimped Gill Plicatura crispa (R). One from our High Weald lane (L) and one (R) from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren a few miles east.
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Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) - a common bracket of Birch trees, here in the wet woodlands of #RSPBBroadwaterWarren. Also called Razorstrop Fungus because in former times - before electric shavers - its hard surface was used to sharpen cutthroat razors.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) - a common bracket of Birch trees, here in the wet woodlands of #RSPBBroadwaterWarren. Also called Razorstrop Fungus because in former times - before electric shavers - its hard surface was used to sharpen cutthroat razors.
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Devil’s matchsticks at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren or one of the Cladonia lichens if you prefer (I am going for C. floerkeana), certainly attractive and showy.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Devil’s matchsticks at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren or one of the Cladonia lichens if you prefer (I am going for C. floerkeana), certainly attractive and showy.
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For #MushroomMonday and a counter to Blue Monday here is another of the cluster of Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket) on a Scot’s Pine at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren
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January 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM
For #MushroomMonday and a counter to Blue Monday here is another of the cluster of Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket) on a Scot’s Pine at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren
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#RSPBBroadwaterWarren today, a feeling that Spring was in sight. A Woodlark sang for a while as I came onto Heathland, Robin singing everywhere. Others around: Blackbird; Blue, Great & Long-tailed Tit; Goldcrest; Great & Green WP; Pheasant; Woodpigeon; Wren.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
#RSPBBroadwaterWarren today, a feeling that Spring was in sight. A Woodlark sang for a while as I came onto Heathland, Robin singing everywhere. Others around: Blackbird; Blue, Great & Long-tailed Tit; Goldcrest; Great & Green WP; Pheasant; Woodpigeon; Wren.
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I rarely come across bracket fungi on conifers but here is one on a Scot’s Pine at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren This I think is Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket or Red-belted Conk).
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January 12, 2026 at 7:32 AM
I rarely come across bracket fungi on conifers but here is one on a Scot’s Pine at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren This I think is Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-belted Bracket or Red-belted Conk).
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The morning before Storm Goretti at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren some Oysterling ranks on a dead stump, these I think are Panellus stipticus or Bitter Oysterling posing for #FungiFriday
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January 9, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The morning before Storm Goretti at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren some Oysterling ranks on a dead stump, these I think are Panellus stipticus or Bitter Oysterling posing for #FungiFriday
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Trametes versicolor, it’s all there in black & white - seen at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday for #FungiFriday
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December 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Trametes versicolor, it’s all there in black & white - seen at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday for #FungiFriday
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As we splash further into winter finding anything for #MushroomMonday is harder but here is Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap) and Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust) from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren from the end of last week.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
As we splash further into winter finding anything for #MushroomMonday is harder but here is Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap) and Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust) from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren from the end of last week.
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Yesterday’s walk at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren: birds - the ‘usual suspects’ mainly heard incl: Blackbird; Blue & Great Tit; Crossbill; Crow; Goldcrest; Green & Spotted WP; Jay; Redpoll; Robin; Stonechat; Wren
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December 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Yesterday’s walk at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren: birds - the ‘usual suspects’ mainly heard incl: Blackbird; Blue & Great Tit; Crossbill; Crow; Goldcrest; Green & Spotted WP; Jay; Redpoll; Robin; Stonechat; Wren
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For #FungiFriday a curled up Common Earthball at an often muddy, sometimes frosty, but pleasantly sunny midday walk at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren today
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December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
For #FungiFriday a curled up Common Earthball at an often muddy, sometimes frosty, but pleasantly sunny midday walk at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren today
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Cladonia and Polytrichastrum, Lichen and Moss. Probably underwater today at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Cladonia and Polytrichastrum, Lichen and Moss. Probably underwater today at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren.
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Heterobasidion annosum - Root Rot, a somewhat devastating parasite of conifers, though this one wasn’t on one. Seen at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren in the past week.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Heterobasidion annosum - Root Rot, a somewhat devastating parasite of conifers, though this one wasn’t on one. Seen at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren in the past week.
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In among brown leaves, Bracken and Birch at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday some old Brown Birch Bolete Leccinum scabrum.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
In among brown leaves, Bracken and Birch at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday some old Brown Birch Bolete Leccinum scabrum.
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Piptoporus betulinus the Birch Polypore on a strickened Birch at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren last week. In the past it was called Razorstrop Fungus as it was hard enough to be used for this purpose. Nowadays we simply replace the unit in our electric shavers.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Piptoporus betulinus the Birch Polypore on a strickened Birch at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren last week. In the past it was called Razorstrop Fungus as it was hard enough to be used for this purpose. Nowadays we simply replace the unit in our electric shavers.
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Turkeytail Trametes versicolor from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren although there are no turkeys here just an occasional Pheasant.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren although there are no turkeys here just an occasional Pheasant.
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That is interesting - locally they can be found on heathland (the habitat of RSPBBroadwaterWarren).
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
That is interesting - locally they can be found on heathland (the habitat of RSPBBroadwaterWarren).
Chunky Leccinum scabrum (Brown Birch Bolete) at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren for #MushroomMonday no doubt having mycorrhizal relationships with the Birch there.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Chunky Leccinum scabrum (Brown Birch Bolete) at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren for #MushroomMonday no doubt having mycorrhizal relationships with the Birch there.
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Amongst the Amanita fungi are those of infamy: Deathcap and Destroying Angel but although there is no ‘not a destroying Angel’ there is this one the False Deathcap which I often find. This from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren on Friday. Amanita citrona.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Amongst the Amanita fungi are those of infamy: Deathcap and Destroying Angel but although there is no ‘not a destroying Angel’ there is this one the False Deathcap which I often find. This from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren on Friday. Amanita citrona.
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Not very exciting but perhaps appropriate for the weather: a Clouded Funnel at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren its species name - Clitocybe nebularis - refers in Latin to clouds and it does look rather cloudy and grey, like today here in the High Weald.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Not very exciting but perhaps appropriate for the weather: a Clouded Funnel at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren its species name - Clitocybe nebularis - refers in Latin to clouds and it does look rather cloudy and grey, like today here in the High Weald.
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Amanita muscaria still providing some fungal colour at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday though sadly without a hookah smoking caterpillar to advise any passing Alice in Wonderland. Not sure whether the caterpillar took a bite on leaving but obviously don’t attempt this at home!
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November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Amanita muscaria still providing some fungal colour at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday though sadly without a hookah smoking caterpillar to advise any passing Alice in Wonderland. Not sure whether the caterpillar took a bite on leaving but obviously don’t attempt this at home!
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Birds, mostly heard, at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren today: Blackbird; Bullfinch; Crow; Dunnock; Jay; Goldcrest; Green WP; LT & Great Tit; Pheasant; Robin; Stonechat; Woodlark; Wren
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Birds, mostly heard, at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren today: Blackbird; Bullfinch; Crow; Dunnock; Jay; Goldcrest; Green WP; LT & Great Tit; Pheasant; Robin; Stonechat; Woodlark; Wren
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A leaf-mine on a Sweet Chestnut leaf at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren Possibly caused by a larvae of one of the Tischeria micromoths (not sure I have noticed these mines before).
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November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A leaf-mine on a Sweet Chestnut leaf at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren Possibly caused by a larvae of one of the Tischeria micromoths (not sure I have noticed these mines before).
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False Chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren attractive and frequent, particularly under Scots Pine and also Birch, both of which are common sylvian features here.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
False Chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren attractive and frequent, particularly under Scots Pine and also Birch, both of which are common sylvian features here.
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One of the Brittlegills (Russula) at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren seen yesterday: Russula sardonia. Its common name is Primrose Brittlegill which always seems odd but I think to do will gill colour (certainly not cap).
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October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
One of the Brittlegills (Russula) at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren seen yesterday: Russula sardonia. Its common name is Primrose Brittlegill which always seems odd but I think to do will gill colour (certainly not cap).
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