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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

A morning jaunt to a local nature reserve in Plymouth unveiled a gorgeous colony of Autumn Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis). A herald of autumn, this gorgeous species is largely restricted to south Britain often found growing on dry calcareous soils. A beautiful species and one of my favourites!

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Team Plymouth now on the way back from Cambridge after an absolutely brilliant time participating in Botanical University Challenge! I'm so proud of how far our team got, and I'm already looking forward to participating next year!

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Having a fantastic time at the Botanical University Challenge Student Botanty Festival! Really fascinating panel talk at the moment talking about the crucial questions in botany and ecology! Lovely to see the BSBI Countries Manager James Harding-Morris on stage too!

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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

19 points each!The 4th tiebreaker between Reading and Plymouth in Botanical University Challenge Correct answer from Plymouth, so they are through to the final. #BUC2025

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Huge congratulations to the team from Plymouth @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social led by the fabulous @botanycornwall.bsky.social!

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

After a bit of a hiatus in social media I will hopefully be getting back to posting a little more regularly! A pretty major life update is that I will be moving to London at the end of August to begin my internship at RBG Kew! I am dead excited to start, but definitely feeling a bit nervous!

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Some of the fungi and oomycetes that infect Devil's Bit Scabious - keep a look out next year! #FungiFriends #PlantPathogens

An illustration titled "Pathogens of Succisa pratensis Moench". It shows a plant of Succisa with a brown leaf spot labelled Septoria succisicola, yellow pustules labelled Synchytrium succisae, a brown flower smut Microbotrum flosculorum, a white flower smut Microbotryum succisae, a white mildew on the stem Erysiphe knautiae, and a downy mildew Peronospora violacea on the flowers which causes them to be larger, redder, and without anthers. A close-up is shown of the conidiophores of Peronospora violacea which look like small trees with spores on them.

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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 16/12/2024

There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying

A sign that says 'the stairway to Devon' with some other info about a restoration project, stuck to some railings.

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Rob Large @roblarge.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Hairy Greenweed, Genista pilosa, NR. West Cornwall, May 2017.

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Still a few #waxcap #fungi around locally at the moment. #mushrooms #mycology #fieldmycology 🍄📷 #fungifriends

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

bsky.app/profile/did:... I did one of those list things - just brilliant field botanists in GB & Ireland sharing fascinating plants from all around these islands. Let me know if you want adding!

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Joshua Styles @joshual951.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

OVER THE MOON! 😍 Golden bog-moss (Sphagnum pulchrum), a nationally v rare beastie, was presumed extinct on Britain’s 3rd largest raised bog… That is, until today, where I stumbled upon this teeny area where it’s clinging on for dear life! Isn’t it a beaut? 😍🌱

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Nothing quite beats the moment your long and wordy text document is laid out and the pdf actually looks like a book! Urban Plants 1st page proofs have arrived and I couldn’t be more excited #UrbanPlants #NatureWriting #botany @chiffchat.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Here are two of my favourite Waxcap species seen this year- the dainty Goblet Waxcap (Hygrocybe lepida), and Slimy Waxcap (Gliophorus irrigatus). Both of these beautiful species were seen in species rich, coastal grassland in Cornwall.

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Sarah Watts @sarahwatts.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I'm sharing my #research highlights as I'm new on this platform: firstly my #PhD review paper "The benefits of #mountain #woodland restoration" published in @restorationecology.bsky.social. Celebrating montane biodiversity & nature-based solutions! Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Joanie McNaughton @joaniemcnaughton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Some more local Edinburgh Mistletoe. Very close to where I've lived for 44 years and only found out about it a few years ago! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Lizzie Harper Illustrator @lizzie-harper.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is the #PlumsandCustard #Fungus #Tricholomopsis rutilans. It's found in a local churchyard (Cusop) and was illustrated for an interpretation board extolling the diversity of plants and fungi growing there. Never underestimate a graveyard,they can be miniature nature reserves. #sciart #🐡

Plums and Custard Fungus tricholomopsis rutilans watercolour botanical illustration by lizzie harper

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Aside from seeing so many beautiful Waxcap species this year, I have spent so much time in the field learning from talented ecologists, mycologists, and hyper-focused amateurs. I cherish the moments spent sharing the joy of finding a Parrot Waxcap, or the exhilaration in fleeing over-friendly sheep!

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Ollie Spacey @biolliegist.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Let’s keep the #mistletoe tradition alive! (but no, “wokery” is not to blame for it declining…) www.youtube.com/live/O8it38z... (2:52:30)

Split screen of Kay Burley on Sky News on the left and me on the right with a sprig of mistletoe behind me. The base text reads “Mistletoe traditions: is the mistletoe tradition dying?”

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

When hunting for Waxcaps around Plymouth University campus, I chanced upon a tiny mushroom fruiting in abundance. After a bit of searching it turned out to be a species of Fanvault (Hodophilus sp., fantastic common name). Microscopy was needed to reveal the species- H. variabilipes, a rare find!

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

More pictures from a brilliant 2024 Waxcap season, all from the species rich grasslands of Mt Edgecumbe Estate, Cornwall. First is Yellow-foot Waxcap (Cuphophyllus flavipes, so named because of the yellowish base), Blushing Waxcap (Neohygrocybe ovina), and Citrine Waxcap (Hygrocybe citrinovirens).

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The cold snap last week has brought the Waxcap season to an end in Cornwall- here are a few of my favourite pictures from this season! First we have a gorgeous Parrot Waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus), a delicate Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea), and a robust Crimson Waxcap (Hygrocybe punicea)!

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In celebration of being added to the Botany starter pack, here's a picture of Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, on our allotment in early September. I collected seed from plants on the outskirts of Norwich 12 years ago and have kept the plants going ever since. Ours are annuals. #Plants #Flowers

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

go.bsky.app/BeUTmPd I've created a little UK botany group!

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Had a fabulous day at the Natural History Museum yesterday- a highlight was the British & Irish herbarium! I managed to see the now-extinct Alpine Butterwort (Pinguicula alpina), and even some WWII damaged Pondweed (Potamogeton sp.) specimens! #BIBConf2024

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Very excited to be in the Natural History London for @bsbibotany.bsky.social British and Irish Botany conference 2024! Looking like it'll be a plant-packed day!

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Been a while since my last post here so I thought I'd give a little update as to what I've been doing! In June, I started an ARIES research placement with the University of Plymouth. Over the last few months I have been busy learning all about dendrochronlogy and its practical applications.

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Billy Fullwood @botanycornwall.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Ferns for my first proper post! Since moving to Plymouth, I've come to appreciate how much I miss living in a rural town for the ease of access to brilliantly diverse wildlife sites. Some Asplenium from my wanders- A. ruta-muraria, A. adiantum-nigrum, A. marinum, and A. trichomanes.

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Friends of Lye Valley @friendlyevalley.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Great to have been invited here! We're a group of conservation volunteers who care about this rare habitat in the middle of Headington in Oxford. Expect photos of #fungi, all kinds of #inverts, some #birds, lots of scarce and rare #plants and #flowers, and of course our conservation volunteers.

A view down a valley. There is a boardwalk starting in the foreground which meanders into the distance. The sun is setting, and the photo includes "lens flare" where there seem to be rays of sunshine visible. The very blue sky is filled with altocumulus clouds. There are leafless tress on either side of the valley, and the low sun is reflecting the seed heads of reed to the left.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Huge thanks to @wildflowerhour.bsky.social & other plant-lovers for the warm welcome to BlueSky! Seeing lots of people here who used to be in that other place... we'll still be over there but it's great to join you all over here too ;-) Here are some lovely Hebridean harebells to brighten your day!

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Dan Ryan @danryannature.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to meet two (of the three) species of British Hericiums in the same day. Extraordinarily, they were growing about 10ft apart! 🦁 🍄📷 Hericium erinaceus (Bearded Tooth) and H. cirrhatum (Tiered Tooth). Just need to find H. coralloides (Coral Tooth) now… 🪸

Hericium erinaceus, Bearded Tooth. Close up of spines.
Because of its rarity this beautiful being is one of the most highly protected fungi in the UK. It’s also very prized for its edibility and medicinal powers. But if you do fancy eating it or using it medically just buy it from a grower, hey. Or grow it yourself.

Hericium cirrhatum, Tiered Tooth. View of large white mushroom inside a log pile.

Not quite as rare, but just as impressive in its own way is Tiered Tooth. This extraordinary specimen was growing in a beech log pile.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

My official first post: Tunbridge Filmy Fern (of the filmy ferns in the UK I was especially pleased to find this, the rarer of the two last week having previously encountered neither) - growing below the overhang of a rock face about 10m vertically from the footpath (this being the most accessible!)

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Viola, invert dependants: there are at least 24 species – and 20 of them are Lepidoptera The little violets' heads bowed on their stems, The pre-dawn gossamers, all dew and scrim And star-lace Seamus Heaney, 'Mycenae Lookout', The Spirit Level, Faber & Faber, 1996.

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