Tag Archives: Identification

Another fungi foray

Posted on 2014/11/20 by lindsays

The Whiteknights campus is absolutely packed with excellent fungi this month. I’m out and about doing assignments almost everyday and I’ve had to add fungi forays to my list of new hobbies since beginning MSc Species ID and Survey Skills. … Continue reading →

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Miner Matters: Eric Carle revisited?

Posted on 2014/05/08 by Waheed

After reading Fay’s blog on the holm oak (Quercus ilex) under attack, I – like you – was in a better position to look for and recognise leaf-mining beasties on campus. What better way to follow her blog than to … Continue reading →

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Armillaria spp.: attack of the deadly bootlaces!

Posted on 2013/12/01 by Waheed

Even as the days become shorter, there’s always time to admire other forms of biodiversity out there on campus. Take these fungi, for example… I found these last month by Creighton Court (off Northcourt Avenue). I think it could be one … Continue reading →

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R is for Russula

Posted on 2013/09/24 by Alastair Culham

My morning walk through the Wilderness tells me Summer has gone and Autumn is here.  Next to the path is a large (ca. 15cm diameter) red capped mushroom with a white stipe, white gills, no milky sap, no collar and … Continue reading →

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