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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On a quest for obscure taxa in Northumberland Epipactis tynensis and E. youngiana @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchid

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Found near Bristol on Thursday. The AI apps all said St Georges Mushrooms, yellow gills particularly looked different. Spore strongly amyloid and warty under. They proved to be Leucopaxillus tricolor potentially the 5th UK record? @allthingsfungi.bsky.social @britishmyology.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Always a highlight of a trip to the Alps Eritrichium nanum King of the Alps on mountains above Rifugio Viel Dal Pan with Lago di Fedaia in the valley below.

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Amanita franchetii was a new one for me, North Somerset. Apparently often an early species @allthingsfungi.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Trip into Glous yesterday produced a couple of new plants for me. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Erodium manescavi Garden Storksbill thanks to @duncan-dine.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Recent rain has encouraged Suillus granulatus Weeping Bolete to appear below a Pinus radiatus in Weston-s-Mare @allthingsfungi.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Over the past 24 months I have been involved in extracting DNA from fungi for Sanger sequencing. It has been a very interesting, sometimes frustrating and difficult exercise but here are some of out better finds. @allthingsfungi.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Some recent highlights from a trip east Military, Orchis militaris, Lady O. purpurea, Late Spider Ophrys holosericea and the amazing hypochromatic Fly O. insectifera

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Seven Boletids in a single day in a West Yorkshire valley, from top left clockwize - Suillus grevillei, Imleria badia, Xerocomellus cisalpinus, Leccinum scabrum, L. cyaneobasileucum, Xerocomellus pruinatus, Neoboletus erythropus.

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Endemic plants of Bulgaria, about 170 species are endemic to the country, mostly in the uplands, although the mountains of SW Bulgaria share much of their flora with adjacent countries. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Having never found a Houseleek in their native habitat before, I was very please to come across 3 species in SW Bulgaria @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Primroses of the mountains of SW Bulgaria, the endemic Rila Primrose particularly exciting to find @europeanorchids.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A few of the best Fritillaries from SW Bulgaria in June-July 2025, Only saw one Cynthia's but the high meadows on Vihren were covered in 100,000's of caterpillars #Lepidoptera #Butterflies

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Possibly one of the rarest plants I found in Bulgaria, endemic to the Pirin Mountains - Centaurea achtarovii @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Some of the variety of Dactylorhiza incarnata, Early Marsh Orchid at Kenfig. Top Dactylorhiza (incarnata) coccinea, middle showing characteristics of Dactylorhiza (incarnata) lobelii, bottom perhaps Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata var dunensis? @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Inocybe dulcamara Bittersweet Fibrecap and Agrocybe praecox Spring Fieldcap from Kenfig, S Wales.

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Possibly D. xtransiens? Many D. maculata present but no D. fuchsii although the numerous D. xgrandis testify to the influence of fuchsii and it has been recorded at the site previously. @ukorchids.bsky.social

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

confusing Gymnadenia, I'd be interested in thought on these, I wont mention habitats or locations at moment.

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We'll be there at a time when the lower lying meadows, valleys and gorges are bursting with flowers, and the high alpine grassland is studded with many special plants. Our leaders will be the experienced team of professional ecologists @davidjgibbs.bsky.social, and @jpcancela.bsky.social. (2/3)

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

_Leratiomyces ceres_ Redlead Roundhead on woodchip in Weston. With chrysocystidia showing up with 2Tone disclosing solution. #fungifriday

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Sometimes all that glitters really is gold! A gentle reminder that our one-off #AdventCalendar offer of £200 discount off Autumn Bulbs of the Peloponnese ends midnight 24 December. A guaranteed departure, and a guaranteed donation to BSBI. #BSBICorporateSponsor www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...

Golden autumn colour on Oriental Plane trees in the Peloponnese © David Gibbs

Golden flowers of Sternbergia lutea © David Gibbs

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

To give prospective guests a flavour of some of the flowering treats in store on Autumn Bulbs of the Peloponnese, look no further than this sumptuous collage by our tour leader, @davidjgibbs.bsky.social. Oof!

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A reminder that our tour of the week, Autumn Bulbs of the Peloponnese, currently has £200 off the list price for all bookings made before Christmas Day. It's a guaranteed departure 23-30 October 2025, and generates a donation to @bsbibotany.bsky.social to support their work. #BSBICorporateSponsor

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The stunning Hygrocybe marchii, from near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, probably a much overlooked species? #FungiFriday #fungifriends

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Our intrepid botanist leader @davidjgibbs.bsky.social spent days exploring the Peloponnese finding the best sites for the best autumn-flowering bulbs, and other wildflowers besides. It's taken less than 12 hours for this new tour to start to take bookings - and small wonder, as it will be fabulous!

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Trichoglossum hirsutum Hairy Earthtongue from North Somerset last week #fungifriends

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Day 1 of the Mariposa #AdventCalendar brings you splashes of late autumn colour, from a brand new tour we're launching today! Autumn Bulbs of the Peloponnese, led by @davidjgibbs.bsky.social & @dunnjons.bsky.social takes us to a Greek wildflower wonderland next October.

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

It's the Black Friday Golden Ticket! We're offering a special deal on a very special tour - £200 off list price of #Butterflies of the Hautes Pyrenees. Offer only available til midnight Sunday 1 December. Tour generates a donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social. mariposanature.com/tours/butter...

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

With @davidjgibbs.bsky.social & @jpcancela.bsky.social as your guides, guests will be in the very best of hands - both professional ecologists, their plant (and butterfly, bird, et al) knowledge will mean that we will be perfectly equipped to enjoy every aspect of what we find during the week. (2/3)

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Good morning, and welcome to a new week! Our featured tour this week is a new one for 2025, and a very special one - Spring Wildflowers of the Picos de Europa takes our guests into one of Europe's most beautiful, dramatic & flower-filled landscapes. (1/3) mariposanature.com/tours/botani...

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Just one week remains now for our early bird booking deal... any week-long 2025 tour booked before midnight on 30 November 2024 qualifies for an automatic £125 discount off the list price! Our tours generate donations to conservation work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social & @europebutterfly.bsky.social.

A selection of the Ophrys bee orchids of Sicily © Jon Dunn

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The rare Galanthus reginae-olgae Queen Olga's Snowdrop growing below the golden Platanus orientalis Oriental Plane trees in the foothills of the Taygetus Mountains, Peloponnese, Greece.

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I believe this to be the rare (probably overlooked) Entoloma viiduense found near Bristol at the weekend, what do you think? @simon-ontheverge.bsky.social

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Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

New for 2025, Spring Wildflowers of the Picos de Europa takes guests into one of Europe's most renowned botanical wonderlands at the flowering zenith, with ecologist @davidjgibbs.bsky.social as your guide. Generates a donation to @bsbibotany.bsky.social (3/9) mariposanature.com/tours/botani...

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David Gibbs @davidjgibbs.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My first post over here, some of the wonderful geophytes from a recent trip to southern Greece @mariposanature.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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