In the middle of September I received good news in an e-mail from the Norfolk Fungus Study Group’s DNA Team: “Your specimen submitted as Steccherinum oreophilum has been identified by DNA as Irpex oreophilus, which is a synonym, so we had the correct identification! … Continue reading →
It has been a long, hot summer. Today we have finally had some rain after weeks of drought, but we could do with a lot more. Plants have been looking stressed and short grass has gone brown in many places … Continue reading →
I’m always cheered by the sight of a Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) and the most likely place for me to find one is on flowers of Wild Marjoram, Origanum vulgare. Numbers in the garden have been high this summer and … Continue reading →