Jake Dalzell

it looks like it could be a bit of plant tissue stuck to it but worth microscopy to see

would you recommend?

It's that time of the year again – look out for blackened veins on yellowed leaves of Ribwort Plantain, caused by the fungus Spilopodia nervisequia!
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Accidentally scythed off in #LyeValley #fen, this small delicate inkcap toadstool made my day with its fragile beauty. Maybe a small Hare's foot inkcap, Coprinopsis lagopus?
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It's impossible not to love the Merveille du Jour. Just incredible moths! #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social

maybe all dipterocarps look the same 🤔

is that danum valley? I feel like I've stood beside that exact tree lol

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I agree

the intersection of chytrids and bryophilous pathogens must be one of the least studied fungal groups

the underside of a round leaf with two pale circular patches on it; in the centre of each pale patch are small brown dots which are the sporulating structures of a rust fungus

I've arrived in Aberystwyth where I'll spend the winter learning fungal (meta-)barcoding and working on some theoretical background for my research on plant-pathogen networks in grasslands. It was nice to find a species new to me as I explored the town: the rust fungus Puccinia umbilici on Navelwort

Thanks to everyone who gave me camera advice – as it turns out my grampa had a small camera he never used lying around that is absolutely perfect. I took it for a test run: here is Coleosporium euphrasiae on Eyebright and Podosphaera plantaginis on Ribwort Plantain.
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On Saturday I led a workshop on plant pathogens. We saw a wide variety of species and found just how ubiquitous this group is, in spite of rain and hail! It's been great to see more people recording pathogens, and I hope events like this will make it more accessible.
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My favourite wildflowers of the year,meadows of Devil's bit scabious and Purple loosestrife. A joy to see these meadows.#wildflowerhour

chluinfeá go ngeobhaidh i dtír chonaill ach tá sé annamh go bhfios dom

what is the purpose of the "pipes" in Gymnosporangium?

Gymnosporangium cornutum ex Sorbus aucuparia

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1 is something I've seen a lot but haven't managed to get spores out of

2 is probably Phragmidium sp. (a rust) but need to see the underside

I was pleased, it's new to me and only has one previous Irish record (Clare, 1993) though it is probably common

Protomyces is an odd name, I'm not sure what the story is

I had the pleasure of visiting a meadow managed by @donnarainey4.bsky.social today. Only when I got home did I notice the swelling on the midrib of this Dandelion leaf, which turned out to be the leaf smut Protomyces pachydermus.
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A clear sign we are no longer a democracy. When the regime loses in court, it continues to do the same illegal thing and no one is able to stop it.

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what's your setup?

Phacellium alborosella on Mouse-Ear Chickweed.
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it's most likely C. purpurea s.s. but worth checking!

Claviceps sp., you need to use the float test to separate C. purpurea sensu stricto which sink after 4 hours from C. humidiphila which will float for 4 hours +

this island in the bog had really nice woodland on it, very thin tall trees of all sorts but mostly Betula pubescens and Salix caprea caprea

new tetrad for Cranberry 😼

another dreech day on the bog