Mark A. Spencer (@fungiflowers.bsky.social)

@norfolknats.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

The NNNS winter indoor talk programme gets underway on Tuesday 13th October 2026. We are delighted to welcome expert mycologist & author Geoffrey Kibby who will be discussing how climate change and invasive species are affecting the UK's fungi. All welcome, entry is free for members, £3 non-members.

A poster for a NNNS talk by Geoffrey Kibby, with the title A changing world and changing fungi: Global warming and alien invaders. Its on Tuesday 13th October 2026 at St Andrews Church Hall in Eaton. All welcome, members free, non-members £3.

@botany.one Oct 7, 2026, 9:51 AMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

A plant one biologist said should be impossible 🧵
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

Fed up of adverts for scams to earn a passive income? You’re going to hate this plant.

A plant with a deep pink stem and pink and yellow striped petals rises from forest litter by a tree trunk.

@volts.wtf Oct 5, 2026, 8:07 PMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

Holy shit.

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:40 AM

Sorry, not that, velvet shank has a smooth, cap without scales unlike the fungus in the image.

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:41 AM

Agreed, the calyx looks good for physalifolium.

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 10:45 PM

Greetings, from a non murdery location.

@natacha.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 6:20 PMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

Heartbreaking VIDEO for all my cis followers on here (please share with any other cis people you may know) It’s about Andy Burnham’s new Transphobic Section 28 in schools and the harm caused to one trans child as a result. I never say this but I will now; Please watch don’t scroll.

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 8:52 PM

Possibly, zygospore formation triggered by lower light levels/temp?

@chrisrosebxwild.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 8:19 PMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

#ThamesRdWetland managed by @thames21.bsky.social volunteers, has had 6 additional species of Odonata in the last 12 months, in part due to increased observer effort. Now at 20. We need occasional extra help managing vegetation - next session for this Fri 16th Oct book.plinth.org.uk/e/0WCJmk9xkz...

@crimestoppersuk.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 11:09 AMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information we exclusively receive that leads to the arrest of those responsible for the murder of Joanne Sheen.

Do you have information that could help?

Call 0800 555 111 or use our online form: crimestoppers-uk.org/news-media/n...

@mixedlinguist.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 1:23 AMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

Students asked me how to get rid of AI Overview in Chrome, and this method has worked for me so here's a PSA! It's SO nice to not have to scroll past that nonsense! tenbluelinks.org

@ianhall.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 12:21 PMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

The Fens may be an engineering triumph, but climate change is testing the system like never before.

theconversation.com/britains-mos...

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 1:35 PM

HTF4UK Webinar | Why Does the UK Need a Human Taphonomy Facility? Join us 24 September 18:00. This 40-minute online session will introduce Human Taphonomy Facilities and why research into human decomposition is important for forensic science. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/184691...

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 8:13 AM

I’ve seen variants like that which, in the past were sometimes given the name var. macrostachys. I’d put it down to natural variation. Unless, it’s another new species hiding in plain sight!

@hassinator.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 2:01 PMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

a great letter in the times today.

perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times.

#RNLI #heroes

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 6:36 PM

Autumn squill, Scilla/Prospero autumnalis from St Helen’s Duver, IOW for #wildflowehour. This season’s favourite as it’s a lovely plant, reminds me of a recently departed botany friend & I’ve wanted to visit this population for years.

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 4:55 PM

Hopefully, the ‘76ers’ will finally STFU.

@fungiflowers.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 10:45 PM

Such sad news. A lovely man & a fine teacher.

@peatfree.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 9:30 AMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

This week Waitrose responded to one of our campaigners, explaining that demand prevents them from going fully peat-free.
But many customers have no idea that their weekly shop contributes towards the destruction of our peatlands.
Ask your supermarket to save our peatlands https://loom.ly/d2yfpWs

@guyshrubsole.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 11:47 AMReposted by @fungiflowers.bsky.social

Some 50 million pheasants are released into the countryside annually. Now DEFRA have opened a Call for Evidence on gamebird rearing, releasing & shooting, it’s vital that the public input - because you can be sure that the shooting industry will do so:

consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evi...

consultations.defra.gov.ukCall for Evidence on Gamebird Release, Shooting and Welfare during Rearing in EnglandThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking evidence on the environmental and animal health and welfare impacts of gamebird rea...