Mark Avery

@markavery.bsky.social

Conservationist, campaigner, author, columnist, blogger, grandpa

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Two interesting things: 1. by 1964 the squirrels in nature books and public perception were already Grey. 2. the Rooks collecting acorns. Jays get all the press for dispersing and planting acorns, but Rooks do it a lot too, and are likely also very important dispersers of oaks. Magpies too.

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Spathulata brevipes, the very rare relative of the more common Cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa). Found in Hampshire this week. They were massive (approx 50x40cm) & had the most delicious smell which filled the air. Don’t worry I didn’t eat them! This species has wide, fan-like lobes. #ukfungi

Large, dirty cream coloured mushroom which resembles a natural sponge. It is growing on the forest floor.
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A few fungi from a visit to Roydon Common on Tuesday 6/10 - one of a large group of Deathcaps around an oak, the underside of a Fairy-ring Champignon, and Sphagnum Greyling and Sphagnum Brownie both found near the edge of the mire.

#fungifriends

A young Deathcap Amanita phalloides fungus with a greenish-ellow cap, white stem and the volva visible at the baseThe underside of a Fairy-ring Champignon Marasmius oreadesA Sphagnum Greyling Sphagnurus paluster emerging from a clump of Sphagnum mossA Sphagnum Brownie Hypholoma elongatum with alight brown cap and very long, slender stem, emerging from Sphagnum moss and surrounded by Purple Moor-grass, Heather and Cranberry
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A Scottish Wildcat conservation project has reached the milestone of 50 releases into the Highlands, with the programme also recording breeding in the wild for a third consecutive year:

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