That's right, me old pal me old beauty.

I think Chicken George was a character in Alex Haley's Roots.

I’ve been foraging for what, ten years or so… and this is the first time I have ever found Calocybe gambosa - St. George’s Mushroom. I’ve looked for them for years. I was very pleased and will remember where I found them for next year. Tasty! #FungiFriends

Sunday book review: Fungi and Human Life by Nicholas Money
Review: markavery.info/2026/04/19/s...
Publisher: @princetonupress.bsky.social

"a very good popular science book"

#fungi #funbook @britmycolsoc.org.uk @newyorkmyc.org

‘Without them there is no life on Earth’: why interest in fungi conservation is mushrooming Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, mycologists seek greater recognition of the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna

‘Without them there is no life on Earth’: why interest in fungi conservation is mushrooming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dark brown telia producing teliospores. rusts produce different types of spores depending how the mood takes them.

Bluebell rust,Uromyces muscari on native bluebells on Fishchowters lane ,Totnes this morning. Considering how many bluebells there are the rust is fairly rare which says something about plant resistance.

The black mark on the stem of this Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) is the smut fungus Urocystis eranthidis.

The black mark on the stem of this Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) is the smut fungus Urocystis eranthidis.

Urocystis eranthidis.

Smut fungus on Winter Aconite, Eranthis hyemalis.

Ketteringham church, Norfolk, seen on yesterday's bike ride with @vannabartlett.bsky.social.

#Fungi #FungiFriends

A necessary weevil.

Elusive but confiding - Bog Beacon tracked down at Broadland Country Park this morning. ✅

Bitter Chocolate Rust, Uromyces ficariae on underside of lesser celandine leaf

Bitter Chocolate Rust, Uromyces ficariae on upper side of lesser celandine leaf

Celandine Cluster Cup, Uromyces dactylidis on underside of Lesser Celandine leaf

Celandine Cluster Cup, Uromyces dactylidis on petiole of Lesser Celandine leaf

Found two different rusts on Lesser Celandine today - Bitter Chocolate Rust, Uromyces ficariae and Celandine Cluster Cup, Uromyces dactylidis. North Herefordshire

My winter feeding slogan for birds was " Fat balls for bigger tits" but the RSPB weren't interested.

You old charmer.

Good news for English Mycologists. The Bank's decision to include wildlife on UK banknotes has revealed that the fungus
Calocybe gambosa will be on the £5 pound note. The common name of course is St. Georges mushroom so Churchill will be replaced with something equally patriotic.

Don't forget the fungi.

Happy birthday ,I'm still hoping that you'll review A Vanishing Kind about John Wamsley.

First DFG foray of 26 tomorrow at Hackney Marshes so I'm hoping to see Bog beacons.

When my car had a puncture ( pothole) a couple of years ago I left it briefly in the Totnes Fire Brigade car park. Lo and behold I saw St George's mushroom in a bit of old lawn there. It was a Spring bank holiday Monday but I forget which one.

Slime mold, Trichia crateriformis.

This shot may not win any of them fancy #macrophotography awards, but ... Trichia crateriformis.

#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macro #OMSystem #VC55

I often wonder if we only see fungi in the autumn because we only look in the autumn. But Calocybe gambosa,St. George's mushroom should be appearing soon

Amethyst Deceivers in March? What is going on? #FungiFriends

There used to be a frog on a bike in Totnes but it's recently been replaced with Winnie the Pooh and Eyore.

Perhaps Borsetshire has its own scone rules.

Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae on Red Campion on Fishchowters Lane, Totnes this morning. I always see it this time of year in the same place, possibly on the same plant. Easily recognised as the white pollen has been replaced by dark brown fungal spores.

It's still my farm and if I want to keep a few Aberdeen Angus cattle then I will. Think yourselves lucky that you got most of it.

Great Tit,easily heard and recognised.

And those steam train enthusiasts burning all that coal!

Don't forget the fungi!

I had to look up retconning!