Simon Harding

Had a very blowy return from a trip to Croatia yesterday.. then the Uber had a blow out in heavy rain on the M56 which took 2 hours to fix… but it was worth it all 😂

Entoloma neglectum from a Cotswold Common. There are around 17 British records including duplicates since 1800 to date so this sequenced find is quite rare #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #UKWildlife

BMS - What are you thinking? Promoting foraging when you clearly haven’t read your own guidelines. This is why I am reluctant to support your organisation with such conflicting publicity.

It’s quite involved, I’m part of an excellent recording group though which helps as we learn together

Finally got around to sequencing a Big Blue Pinkgill from Bodmin 2018 which revealed it as Entoloma madidum. One of the rarer species in the E. bloxamii group.
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5:22am this morning and the bats were still over my wildlife garden. (Obligatory rescue cat demanding food as they do).

Beautiful! I had stewed Cherry Plums on the weekend and saved them frozen as ice cubes. Think I’ll make a drink flavour, maybe vodka, maybe gin 👌🏼

That’s a good one! Very nice 👌🏼

Pseudoinonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket will be showing itself any time now until the season end. Image from a few years ago around this time of year. #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Nature #Mushrooms

Thanks for the heads up Gary, I’ll look out for that 👍🏼

Wow that is early 😲

That seems early, I know Kent is usually a few weeks ahead of elsewhere but I’m not sure I’m ready for these yet 😅

This week’s challenge is #PollinatorPals! Find a flowering wild or naturalised plant with a pollinating visitor & snap away. Of course it’s not just about bees! Butterflies, moths, wasps, flies & beetles can all be #pollinators too! Share your pics for #Wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm!

They’re not uncommon in the right habitat. Quite a large species too

Amanita rubescens, looking very nice

Volvariella bombycina - Silky Rosegill on a large fallen oak today #Fungi
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For my European #FungiFriends why not give some conservation value to your fungi forays this season #Fungi #Mushrooms #Nature #Mycology

Free to download, the latest British Field Mycology quarterly 👌🏼 #Fungifriends #Fungi #Mushrooms #Naturalists #Nature

Nice, it’s good to see a few more fungi starting to move out there.

Salad Burnet Rust - Phragmidium sanguisorbae (DC.) J. Schröt, Selsley Common today

It’s been a very good year for them, they’ve caught the season just right 🙂

I haven’t walked the Wye for almost a decade, the Valley is beautiful… I hope the river is recovering at least a little 🙏🏼

It’s lovely to see the fruits of your labour and in this case it’s Cherry Plums from some of the hundreds I planted out in hedgerows over the last six years

Thank you, my goal is to move some of the larger perennials away from the pond this autumn and encourage the smaller plants such as Birds foot trefoil, Self-heal etc with a bit of Yellow Rattle. Let’s see how that goes… 😅

That’s a great image 👌🏼👍🏼

It’s so full of insects you can hear it buzz. Knapweed is such an important plant for many species. I feel bad for it as it gets a raw deal being a late flowerer, it’s often chopped before it’s in its prime 🙈

Thanks 😊 When I put it in I thought “how much grass does one person actually need”.. now I’ll need to reign it in a little to sit out 😅 not by much though

Two years ago I ripped up the turf of my “new build” lawn and wilded the garden for nature. I’ve had so many success stories with complete life-cycles. It’s difficult finding a favourite, I do enjoy the bats flying around feeding on the evenings and the many dragonflies that share my home

Wildflowers in my back garden have been having a good year with no involvement from me 👌🏼just how I like it 😁 #Wildflowerhour