Jeremy Bartlett

My latest blog post: Warted Amanita, Amanita strobiliformis. A big, chunky and distinctive mushroom, often found quite early in the fungus season. www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2026/09/30/w... #Fungi #FungiFriends

Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift. Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job. What does this Labour government have against young people? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Climate emissions resulting from approving drilling at Rosebank, expanding Heathrow airport, watering down UK’s EV targets, cutting heat pump grants would be 402m tonnes of CO2 over the next 25 years Greater than the annual emissions of 106 coal plants www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Let them eat gherkins".

UK Chancellor pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'. Fiddling at the edges. Need redistribution of income and wealth. End profiteering in housing, energy, water, essentials. Increase tax personal allowance.

German mycologist, Julius Schäffer (1882-1944), is said to be the only modern mycologist to die from consuming poisonous mushrooms. You can view his collection of 82 coloured drawings of Russula, which we have digitised. ⬆️ Use our bio link to the 'Digitised Collections' to view this & many others.

Mutinus caninus. Dog Stinkhorn. Ashridge Herts. Yesterday. #fungi.

Conifercone Cap (Baeospora myosura) on Scots pine cone, Surrey 22/10/26 #fungi

Leave the Leaves Fallen leaves are not waste, they are essential ecological infrastructure. www.naturespot.org/node/268638 Please share. #Leaves #Autumn #gardens #gardening #environment #nature #insects

BBC happily interviews lots of Zionists saying they are offended and fearful about Green Party rehashing a 1975 UN motion saying Zionism is racism But not Palestinians living in apartheid Israel about discrimination they face in jobs, housing, education every day of their lives meme via Dave Toller

This week's Botany in Scotland blog post by John Grace. botsocscot.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/p...

The stock markets and bond markets are no supporters of democracy, and we should never allow them to dictate the limits of politics.

Impressive array of colour Leics WT Ulverscroft NR today. Lovely Russet Red-Brown caps of Common Rustgill Gymnopilus penetrans which are anything but. Plus a most Beautiful Golden Scalycap Pholiota aurivella despite squirrels reaching them first! #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

Politicians should look at the UK economy as a CEO would, says Lloyds Bank CEO From a bank that hasn't investigated HBOS frauds. No thank you. Companies enrich shareholders. Countries have entirely different purpose, governance, accountability. Must not be treated as corporations. archive.ph/lj45s

A sixth birch-feeding aphid for October, Calaphis flava. I've seen it in spring before, but not this alate male form with the dark markings that occurs in autumn.

A few species from today's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray near Thetford: Saffrondrop Bonnet (Mycena crocata), Burgundydrop Bonnet (Mycena haematopus), Veiled Oyster (Pleurotus dryinus) and the slime mould Ceratiomyxa poirioides.

'Champions of life' (geographers, anthropologists, ecologists) are lining up against tech bros & their hubris, understanding we are human animals, part of & dependent on the natural world. With @commondescentpod.bsky.social, in the midst of a storm, I reflect on life's persistence, and power

Thrilled to catch a Rare glimpse of Mealy Pinkgill Entoloma prunuloides NT Longshaw Estate, close to where I found Big Blue Pinkgill last year. Robust creamy Ochre caps, Ochre flush top of stipe. Good indicator species of high quality waxcap grassland #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology

Absolutely FABULOUS news for all life on Earth, especially the Amazon rainforest!!!! Despite the fascists playing every dirty, cheating trick in the book to steal this election, the people of Brazil saw through the lies. So, so, happy and relieved this morning 🇧🇷 👏 share.google/UdpzcSkD5us7...

UK government scraps chemical safety laws - so we're going to court.. www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...

We saw a good (and perhaps slightly unexpected given the dry autumn until recently) range of fungi on todays Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray on a private estate near Thetford today, but my highlight was probably these Chernes cimicoides pseudoscorpions found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social .

💔Tragic: swifts are finding their chicks dumped in skips and their nests blocked up by building work. 🚨We need an emergency system that forces police & councils to act IMMEDIATELY when nests are threatened. Sign the petition now 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

From today's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray at Shadwell, near Thetford. Crimped Gill, Plicatura crispa. #Fungi #FungiFriends

From today's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray at Shadwell, near Thetford. Earthy Powdercap, Cystoderma amianthinum. #Fungi #FungiFriends

From today's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray at Shadwell, near Thetford. Wrinkled Peach, Rhodotus palmatus. #Fungi #FungiFriends

From today's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray at Shadwell, near Thetford. Club Foot, Ampulloclitocybe clavipes. #Fungi #FungiFriends

Two from today's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray at Shadwell, near Thetford. Bulbous Honey Fungus, Armillaria gallica & Blue Roundhead, Stropharia caerulea. #Fungi #FungiFriends

We’ve seen this script before. This Labour government won’t take action for the people who so desperately need change right now.

More sinner than saint (like most of Burnham's Friends of Israel packed Cabinet) meme via James Branch

Please don't leave Halloween pumpkins to rot in your garden, or dump them in the countryside. Eating mouldy pumpkins can make hedgehogs, birds and other animals poorly. Instead, dispose of pumpkins in a covered compost bin or council food waste bin. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...

Lovely example of Coprinus comatus (aka Lawyer’s Wig), showing the start of the deliquescence process, that releases spores from the margins of the gills. Also a young example just emerging. Surrey 22/10/26 #fungi

These remind me of the lifelike illustrations in John Blackwall's Ray Society monograph Spiders of Great Britain & Ireland (1861-64)

New to me and I found 2! I love finding successional fungi, fungi growing on fungi. This has to be one of the more unique I've found. I believe these are Asterophora lycoperdoide, or the Powdery Piggyback Mushroom! More ⬇️ #Parasite #FungiFriends #Fungi #Nature #Guttation

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🐮 A new British flora;. London, Gresham Pub. Co., 1919.. [Source]

I do believe it’s one of @danherb10.bsky.social favourite nights of year (they do come round quickly nowadays) when Obelix visits every stone circle to correct the time. Busy night! #ClocksGoBack #TheTimesTheyAreAChangin #PlaymobilInfestation

Nancy is a rare c.1910 Paris breathing automaton that uses hidden bellows and air chambers to mimic human respiration and hand movements, a hallmark of Edwardian mechanical engineering now displayed at the House of Automata. IG: @naomi.paxton

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Just a reminder to all Reform UK members to put your clocks back to 1936 tonight.

More than third of post offices in TG Jones (formerly WH Smith) stores to shut by early 2027 WH Smith was bought by private equity, shut-down shops. Many towns/districts are without a bank branch or a post office. Cuts footfall, bad news for traders who take cash.

What he actually means is giving loads of money to Palantir.

Over 30 C (86 F) That's the water temperature in the Nino zone of the eastern Pacific Marine life will be suffocating in these temperatures A hotter and hotter ocean is a dead ocean and a dead ocean represents a dead planet And still its drill baby drill and logging millions of acres of forest

This Bay Bolete, Imleria badia, was a lovely surprise in a local park this morning and a new species for the site. #Fungi #FungiFriends

I always find it profoundly depressing when the national broadcaster of the world's fifth largest economy has to do cheat notes on home heating.

Earthstars are having a good season in this part of Scotland. Collared Earthstars (Geastrum triplex) are the largest and most common of the earthstars. Taken in SWT Bawsinch and Duddingston Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #iPhone @scotwildlife.bsky.social

Violet Ground Beetle 🪲 Reaching new heights 🪾 #NatureWithin

That last repost is a good excuse to share again Steven Falk's beautiful colour plate from Peter Chandler's Platypezidae monograph (The Flat-footed Flies of Europe, Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 2001).

I've emailed my MP and urged them to support nature-friendly farming! Too many farmers are ready to do more for nature but are being locked out of the schemes that would help them make it happen. We need to call for change! action.rspb.org.uk/page/203098/...

UK sanctions on Israel’s illegal settlements are a welcome first step, but more is needed. I’m joining @globaljusticenow.bsky.social in calling for: A full ban on arms Sanctions on companies who profit from occupation Suspending UK-Israel trade deal Take action: act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4930