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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They'll be Lawyer's Wigs before you know it!

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Me too, you never quite know what colours and texture they're about to serve up! 🦜🍄🌈

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some Extraordinary Honey Waxcaps Hygrocybe reidii on Kerridge Hill too. Rich Orange Caps, Beautiful Gills I could Admire all day. One of our Biotrophic endophytes, hyphae grows inside roots and tissues of Mosses, exchanging vital Nutrients & Sugars to each other #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Astounding Parrot Waxcaps Gliophorus psittacinus on display at Kerridge Hill. From the younger Bottle-Green variety to an Incredible looking mature Purple-Brown, Blue-Grey and Yellow-Green Individual, with widely spaced Elegant upturned Gills, Mind-blowing! #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Impressive looking Golden Waxcaps Kerridge Hill Hygrocybe chlorophana. Initially viscid dome shaped before flattening out, retains a Beautiful Golden Mango colour. Typically twice the size of Glutinous & Butter Waxcaps, reaching 7cm in both Height and Diameter #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kerridge Hill truly is a Waxcap wonderland, eight species on display this week. Lovely Glutinous Waxcap Hygrocybe glutinipes, appears dripping Orange or Viscid Lemon Yellow. Classic Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe conica, Orange, Red Yellow & Black Witch's Hat! #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thrilled to see soft Orange tones of Apricot Club Clavulinopsis luteoalba at Kerridge Hill, has tapered White tips (Yellow Club are blunt). Plus Glorious White Spindles Clavaria fragilis, worm-like Fairy Fingers, so brittle they break in your hand #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some imposing characters at Cheshire WT Kerridge Hill this week. By far the largest Fly Agaric I've seen this year almost twice their regular size. Plus an impressive Lilac Pinkgill Entoloma porphyrophaeum, lovely fibrous Lilac-Brown cap and stipe #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes Moss, I think messages were mixed up with the Cocksfoot Moth photo.

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They're easily missed, tiny little Moths but Very Beautiful 🤩

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes they're a really Beautiful Wildflower

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Although caps are usually Biscuit Brown on Suede Bolete Boletus subtomentosus, very occasionally you find this lovely felted Yellow colour. Plus the most enormous Penny Bun Boletus edulis I recall seeing at Bolehill Quarry, 25cm plus like a Baked Crusty Roll #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You really do get full value from the Blood-Red colour on Bloody Brittlegill Russula sanguinaria NT Longshaw Estate Pine Forest, plus Remarkable Milk White Brittlegill Russula delica, Caps grow underground and develop hypogeously pushing soil upwards with them! #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wonderful sight here of a Mature, fully intact Whitelaced Shank Megacollybia platyphylla, they really do look Quite Magnificent at NT Ashridge Estate. Initially Bluish Grey-Brown, they develop radial streaks split from the margins. Named after White Mycelial laces #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The stars of Bolehill Quarry yesterday were undoubtedly The Blusher Amanita rubescens with around 200 seen, this one naturally passing Pink bruising test. Plus Impressive Guttation on this Beefsteak Mushroom bitter sour droplets designed to deter nibbling insects #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

After not seeing any across six Scottish Reserves visited last weekend, so Happy to see my first Fly Agarics Amanita muscaria this year at Bolehill Quarry yesterday, well worth the wait too! Lovely contrast of Sun-Blushed and Cherry-Red individuals #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thrilled to find Nationally Scarce Beech Gall Midge Mikiola fagi NT Ashridge Estate this week. Large Galls Males 5mm Females 10mm. Start Yellow Barrel shaped, become Cherry Red Lanterns. Thought to have been extinct in UK for two decades, now recent resurgence in SE England #galls #diptera

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Two Extreme Rarities here, found along Birnam Riverside close to the Historic Birnam Oak. Beech Knight Tricholoma sciodes Dark Grey central caps with Lilac tints & Dark cap flecks. Earthy Webcap Cortinarius hinnuleus (Tawny-Cinnamon) has a strong Earthy smell #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lovely to see both the regular and Rare White form of Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica, Almondell & Calderwood SSSI West Lothian. Occasionally has Purple veins vice Pink. Thrives in damp Woodland. Plant unusually rich in Omega Oils @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thrilled to find Magnificent Humpback Brittlegill Russula caerulea South Annsmuir Wood Fife. Initially glossy umbonate Purple turning vinaceous, they develop the Right Hump as they mature and grow old! Another Scots Pine specialist, caps peel easily #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Attractive looking Slippery Jack Suillus luteus Heatherhall Woods Fife. Luteus means Muddy as per Cap appearance. Young Pores covered in White veil which forms a skirt, unusual for a Bolete. Most common North of the Border due to symbiotic arrangement with Scots Pine #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Impressive looking White Saddle Helvella crispa Inver Riverside path, appears to have a Double Saddle with a Side-Saddle rest too, yee-haw! Nice looking Deceivers Laccaria laccata, various shades of Apricot-Orange with a reflective White Bloom #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yes I must admit it was quite pungent.

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Other notable New NT Hardcastle Crags Location finds this week. Lovely looking Tapioca Slime Mould Brefeldia maxima on a rotting Beech tree, plus amazed to see a Scarletina Bolete Neoboletus luridiformis with its Bay Brown Cap and Barrel-shaped dotted Red stem #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thrilled to find Wrinkled Shield Pluteus phlebophorus NT Hardcastle Crags. Amber-Brown caps noted for vein-like wrinkles around Cap centre and Yellow stipe. Lovely Deer Shield nearby, caps are more smooth and Fawn coloured with longitudinal stipe lines #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What a start to Woodear season Auricularia auricula-judae. An Absolute Beauty of Dr Spock proportions at Hardcastle Crags this week! Keeping with Pale Pink theme, some Lovely looking Beech Jellydisc Neobulgaria pura maturing into their Ascomycete Cup form #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

NT Hardcastle Crags at its Finest this week after heavy rainfall. Most Beautiful Yellow Stagshorn Calocera viscosa with perfect Golden Yellow Antlers wet, turns Orange-Red dry. Impressive Small Stagshorn Calocera cornea too, usually a Paler Yellow with tapered tips #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Special find NT Hardcastle Crags this week, Pale tussock moth Calliteara pudibunda. Beautiful Scarlet tail, beware when Black body markings appear! Once called Hop Dogs in SE England, as many a Hop Picker has suffered severe skin irritation from their Bristly hair #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Rare glimpse of Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus NT Erddig Park. Our largest Sargus species 10mm, named after two White spots near antennae. Vastly under-recorded September species on another Riverside Rarity Horsemint Mentha longifolia @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Definitely one of my Favourites too!

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fabulous find Donna, they do look Wonderful 🤩

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You too Helen and Wonderful capture, it's been an Extra Special Clouded Yellow year! 🦋💛

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thanks, they do look Lovely 🌞

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You're welcome, I'm sure I will

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thanks Donna, usually at their peak around mid July

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

They're a Lovely colour Donna, especially this late in the Season.

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Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

They do look Stunning Mandy. I vaguely recall seeing some similar looking ones several years ago in a Floodplain Meadow, which they share with Fragrant Orchids.

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