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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Always like finding Helvella lacunosa - Elfin Saddle, such alien looking things!

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lots of Pholiota alnicola - Alder Scalycaps in Sutton Park today #FungiFriends

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Cystolepiota bucknallii found in the Jewellery Quarter

A mushroom with a purple stipe and pale, purple tinted cap

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Had a nice time leading a couple of forays in Moseley Bog for the Friends today

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Cyathus striatus - Fluted Bird's Nest seen in Birmingham #FungiFriends #fungi #Mycology

Small brown nest like fungi in wood chips

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The strong fluorescence of riboflavin / vitamin B2. This is probably responsible for the fluorescent of the Olive Oysterling fungus Sarcomyxa serotina and the bright yellow colour of urine after taking B vitamins

A tube containing a fluorescent yellow liquid

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wow, that photo makes it look amazing

Photo of a marble sculpture of a Pope with strong directional lighting

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cemeteries are often great fungi habitat as this beautiful Amanita crocea - Orange Grisette shows. They often have a wide variety of trees and no chemical fertilisers etc. #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

An orange mushroom growing in grass on a cemetery

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I like finding fungi in unusual places. Five Ways station in Birmingham often has some interesting species like this Fly Agaric #FungiFriends

A red and white spotted fly Agaric next to a railway platform

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dog Vomit Slime mould (Fuligo septica) living up to it's name

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Loads of Meripilus giganteus around the base of this Beech Tree - bad news for the tree #fungi #Mycology

Several large brown bracket t mg vat the base of a tree

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There can't be many books this obscure: Japanese Academic Architecture and Seating For a New Learning Experience from the Kotobuki Seating Archive

Book cover with various images of lecture theatre seating: Japanese Academic

Architecture and Seating

For a New Learning Experience

Kotobuki Seating Archive

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Photographing nature - fungi by Heather Angel from 1975 #MycoBookClub #FungiFriends

Book cover Photographing nature fungi by Heather Angel

Page showing photo of the underside of a porcelain fungus

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Despite the dry conditions we found a reasonable number of species in the Jewellery Quarter cemeteries on the @westmidsfungi.bsky.social foray this morning

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's H. engelii, the cap had no red tones in it

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A classic Hortiboletus, but which one? The lack of red under the cap and blueing above the gills rules out bubalinus and the orange in the stipe base suggests engelii

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A nice specimen of Laccaria amethystina showing the purple mycelium #FungiFriends #Mycology #fungi

A purple mushroom attached to decaying leaves by purple mycelium

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oudemansiella mucida has a nice blueish fluorescence #FungiFriends #Mycology

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A nice blueish fluorescence from this Russula seen at the @allthingsfungi.bsky.social festival #FungiFriends #Mycology #Fungi

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I originally thought these red spots on an old Amanita this might be the red bacteria Serratia marcescens but it might be the yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. see images here: theses.cz/id/8wy0wy/ #FungiFriends #Mycology

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bulgaria inquinans growing on a recently fallen Oak tree #Mycology #MycologyMonday #UKwildlife #Fungi

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A nice fresh and gloopy Fistulina hepatica, seen on a @westmidsfungi.bsky.social foray in Stourbridge #FungiFriends #Mycology #UKwildlife

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A small clump, rather than a ring of Marasmius oreades #FungiFriends #UKwildlife #Mycology #Fungi

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Something in the Rhodocybe gemina species complex. Growing in rich soil under shrubs #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Mycology

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Anyone visited? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilsfor...

Wilsford cum Lake

Not to be confused with Wilsford near Devizes.

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Like coal gas for Tricholoma sulphureum smell, not used for more than 50 years! This type of organiser box with adjustable compartments is great for collecting smaller species

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thanks, but I'm satisfied with the amount of skin that I currently have

Shop sign: Tej&Co SKIN AND HAIR REMOVAL CLINIC

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Probably Pluteus leoninus growing in Norton Covert #FungiFriends #UKwildlife

Two yellow capped mushrooms on mossy wood

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A new book on British Earthstars by Jonathan Revett is now available to preorder from @summerfieldbooks.com #MycoBookClub #fungi #FungiFriday #Mycology www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/brit...

14. Geastrum rufescens Pers.

Rosy Earthstar

<<< rufescens = red, reddening >>>

Icons: Pegler et al. (1995) p103; Jeppson (2013) p168; Læssøe et al. (2019) p1249.

A medium to large sized species with thick fleshed pinkish-red non-hygroscopic rays, a fimbriate peristome and stalked spore sac

Unexpanded fruitbody: Subglobose, 30mm 40mm.

Expanded fruitbody: 50mm - 90mm with 5-8 non-hygroscopic rays, flattened or arching with age.

Mycelial layer: Persistent, encrusting debris.

Fibrous layer: Pale grey brown

Fleshy layer: Warm reddish pink, flesh up to 8mm thick when fresh, quickly cracking and falling apart, darker with age but normally with residual reddish tones.

Spore sac: Subglobose 10mm 30mm diameter, greyish buff or light brown, smooth or minutely hairy (hand lens needed!) and with a fimbriate peristome which is often ill-defined and a short stem.

Mature Spore Mass: Dark brown.

Spores: Globose, 3.8µm 4.3µm, covered in elongated warts up to 0.5µm high.

Capillitial hyphae: 4.0µm 8.0µm, thick walled, tapering, encrusted.

Habitat: Rich litter in both deciduous and coniferous woodland, parks, arboretums.

Distribution: An uncommon species but well represented across Britain.

Discussion:

Unmistakable when fresh, thick fleshed with some degree (often very intense) of pinkish red tones and a weakly defined fimbriate peristome. The spore sac often degrades very quickly, especially around the peristome and can end up with several tears and holes. The short stem is best seen in mature specimens when all the flesh has eroded.

Unlikely to be confused with other earthstars when fresh but old specimens can resemble Geastrum michelianum or even Geastrum fimbriatum however the rays normally have dark reddish tones and sometimes dried patches of the thick flesh. The spores are also larger than G fimbriatum & G michelianum.

Often found in and around rotting tree stumps or on big thick piles of needle litter.

European Distribution & Species:

Common and widespread a…

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Apparently dealing with big spiders is the job of the natural science curator

A giant House Spider at the bottom of stairs

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wrinkled Fieldcap - Agrocybe rivulosa growing on wood chips #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Mycology

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

That's some truly cursed content

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The age of slop & the death of reading - James Marriott, Ed West & Kathleen Stock

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Water Stick Insect - Ranatra linearis, found at Sarehole Mill #UKwildlife

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Spotted this lovely Red Admiral at Sarehole Mill, just before a massive downpour

Black butterfly with red and black markings on a tree trunk

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is not only a reprehensible idea but it can't even work. The laser only functions in a thin plane and flying insects can be anywhere

Advent: Laser mosquito killer now available for preorder

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Moss Bros, New Street Birmingham

A skip full of shop fittings and disarticulated mannequins

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Adobe Acrobat has sucked for ages but this is truly madness. It is now inserting a 'Summarize this page using Acrobat Al Assistant' button directly into @wikipedia.org pages!

A Wikipedia page with 'Summarize this page using Acrobat Al Assistant' inserted at the top

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

An Earthstar fungus spotted this morning on Stourbridge #FungiFriends #UKwildlife

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Nice to see the pond at Sarehole Mill much fuller than it has been, particularly as I'll be doing pond dipping today!

A watermill reflected in a mirror like pond with a border of trees

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Natural ingredients aren't necessarily better or safer than artificial one. For example celery powder contains nitrates that are converted to nitrites, yet manufacturers can claim to have no added nitrates. In this case the only way to avoid nitrites is to eat less cured meats

ALL NATURAL

WELLSHIRE EST. 1996

FULLY COOKED

APPLEWOOD SMOKED UNCURED HAM

NOT PRESERVED KEEP REFRIGERATED AT ALL TIMES. NO NITRATES OR NITRITES

PORK RAISED WITH NO ANTIBIOTICS EVER

HUMANELY RAISED

NO NITRATES OR NITRITES ADDED

BELOW 40°F ADDED AD35%

SODIUM

GLUTEN FREE

WELLSHIRE DEFINES HUMANELY RAISED AS ALL PORK AND NEVER ADMINISTERED ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS

Nutrition Facts

Total Fat g

3% Total Carbohydrate 25

About

Dure

Shang 12% de Aga

Calories per serving

80 Sodium

310mg 22%

Protein 12g

INGREDIENTS POIR, MATER CULTURED CEL

SUGAR, LESS THAN 2% SEA SALT, VINEGAR POWDER,

WELLSHIRE

51900 4008

NET WT. 7 OZ (198g)

Follow @Wellshire

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's not all bad news 'Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes' from @princetonupress.bsky.social seems quite sturdy. With 878 pages it needs to be!

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