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Thames Valley Fungal Group – species list from last foray
It’s taken a while but here is the list of fungi found on the Thames Valley Fungal Group foray on 7th October 2018. The new reports have yet to be added to the main species lists.
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Black footed polypore (Picipes badius)
The black footed polypore gains it’s name from the black stipe supporting the fruiting body. It’s a saprophytic species growing on dead hardwood. This quite large and colourful fungus has not previously been reported on campus so I was excited … Continue reading
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UK Fungus Day @UniofReading notes no. 1
UK Fungus Day was marked by excellent weather for seeing and collecting fungi. The group walked through the Wilderness on the morning foray and then in to central campus for the afternoon foray. The group consisted of Thames Valley Fungi … Continue reading
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Tagged #ifoundafungus, #ukfungusday, Citizen Science, fungi, witch's egg
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Moth Nights 10-12 September – will you be recording?
Over the next two nights the UK will be aflutter with moth enthusiasts looking to see what is out and about. UK Moth Night aims to celebrate British moth recording activity and highlight this to the public. News coverage has … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Insects, Lepidoptera, Moths
Tagged #mothnight, moth night, whitknights campus
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Campus fungi, 9th November 2014
Sunday was a sunny, warm and pleasant day so it seemed a good idea to have a forage for late season fungi. The route took us through the wilderness, along the path from Earley Gate to the Library and then … Continue reading
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Tagged Birch polypore, candlesnuff fungus, Chlorophyllum rhacodes, Clitocybe, Coprinopsis picaceus, Coriolus versicolour, Grifola frondosa, Helvella crispa, Hypholoma fasciculare, Laetiporus sulphureus, Leratiomyces ceres, Mycena, Pholiota, Piptoporus betulinus, Psathyrella conopilus, Ramaria stricta, Russula, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Xylaria hypoxylon
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Magpie Inkcap – Coprinopsis picacea
Thanks to Dave Butlin I can add another toadstool to our campus list – the black with white spots is a distinctive feature of Coprinopsis picacea, the aptly called Magpie Inkcap. These toadstools were seen today in wood chips and … Continue reading