Bug Fung

[David Humphries]

The slugs just love a good old nibble on their favourite shrooms

 

 

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[David Humphries]

The slugs just love a good old nibble on their favourite shrooms.

 

 

Damn pesky slimy good for nothing slugs are starting to take the piss now

 

Spot what I think is going to be some pristine new fruiting body poking out from under the bramble, only to be confronted by the desheveled remains of a sad never to be prime fung

 

 

 

Where's me salt

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

a few from saturday, pleasing fungus beetles on laetiporus brackets, and an unkown on a massive degraded fulugio

 

 

[David Humphries]

a few from saturday, pleasing fungus beetles on laetiporus brackets, and an unkown on a massive degraded fulugio

 

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Do like them ckicken bugs

 

 

Just got our monolith invert survey back form the entomologist.

 

I've only scanned through it so far but a few new species for the Heath, a couple of notable RDB species, and a mention of associations bugs & fung.

 

Will be a good piece of evidence to support are increase of dead wood habitat.

But gonna be a good few decades before we get anywhere near the quality of Kenwoods dead wood biomass, which is what gives it it's designation.

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Do like them ckicken bugs

 

 

Just got our monolith invert survey back form the entomologist.

 

I've only scanned through it so far but a few new species for the Heath, a couple of notable RDB species, and a mention of associations bugs & fung.

 

Will be a good piece of evidence to support are increase of dead wood habitat.

But gonna be a good few decades before we get anywhere near the quality of Kenwoods dead wood biomass, which is what gives it it's designation.

 

 

 

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makes you wonder how whip is so neglected on the scale, it is after all not just the quality but quantity of DW that makes a habitat. and whippendell kicks arse in that regard!

[David Humphries]

Off topic, but have you ever picked up on Alan Mitchell's entry in the "Field Guide to the trees of Britain & Northern Europe" about the rubra in Cassiobury ?

 

Presume it was a height champion at one point.

Is it still there?

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Have you got any links david as to where I can purchase that book david? Jo at treesource recommended it to me but doesn't stock it anymore

[David Humphries]

Have you got any links david as to where I can purchase that book david? Jo at treesource recommended it to me but doesn't stock it anymore

 

My copy is the 1979 edition.

 

Here's a link to the one I have Rob.........

 

[ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Field-Guide-Britain-Northern-Europe/dp/0002120356/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310042021&sr=1-4]Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe: Amazon.co.uk: Alan Mitchell: Books[/ame]

 

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Ta, I love rescuing old books!

[RobArb]

Some bugs, beasties and maggots tucking into this bolete? today

 

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