by @ukyouthfornature.bsky.social
A feed all about wildflowers in the UK.
Sam Thomas Phytomyza germenilicis now published in collaboration with @dan-h-n.bsky.social, Carina van Steenwinkel & Rens Hendrickx. Look out for its distinctive mines on Holly (Ilex) seedlings this winter. @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @panspecieslisting.bsky.social www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Big Meadow Search Bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara. Look out for the leaf mine of the micro moth Acrolepia autumnitella also known as the Bittersweet Fanner, the Bittersweet Smudge and the Speckled Bittersweet moth. The mine is a translucent blotch and the larva is whitish-green with a pale brown head.
Botanical University Challenge 🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌲🌿🍃🖌🐡 #UKFungusDay What better at the start of autumn than fungi? From iconic large multicoloured mushrooms to tiny, weeny, hardly visible ones, time for fungi to get spreading their spores. Want to know more about fungi? Why not try @britmycolsoc.org.uk as a start - local groups, workshops?
Plantlife We're in a race against time to save fungi. Around 2.5 million fungal species exist worldwide, but most remain unidentified. At the current rate of discovery, it could take 1,000 years to uncover the unknown. Donate today & help bring fungi out of the shadows - https://joinplantlife.org/46Ofr6m
Big Meadow Search Musk Stork’s-bill, Erodium moschatum. Up to 60cm. Glandular hairy. Musk scent when crushed. Basal rosette leaves with 4-7 pairs of shallowly-lobed leaflets. Leaflets usually divided less than halfway to midrib. Pinkish-purple flowers. Beaks measure 20-45mm
Plantlife We’ve got that #FungiFriday feeling again! This time we’re taking on one of the trickiest pairs of waxcaps to tell apart. Meet the Golden and Butter Waxcap! They look very similar, but fear not! We’re here with some more top ID tips. Become a whizz at telling these two waxcaps apart. 👇
Big Meadow Search How impressive is this wee beastie (a springtail I think)? I had no idea they could move such large food items
Botanical Society of Scotland BSS October/November events are: "Nature's Magicians", by Prof. Silvertown; "Scottish Botanists' Conference 2026" hosted with BSBI; "What have elephants ever done for us?" by Prof. Maisels; and "Collaboration across disciplines and countries" by Prof. Meagher. See website in bio for more details.
Botanical University Challenge 🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌲🌿🍃🖌🐡 How do trees prepare for leaves to drop off in autumn/fall? How can you tell when a leaf is ready to go? Organised process - abscission! #BUC2026
Big Meadow Search Broad-leaved Dock, Rumex obtusifolius. Keep a watch for crumpled, longitudinally rolled leaves as this denotes the presence of Dock Aphid, Aphis rumicis. This aphid species has been recorded on at least 30 Rumex species