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Barnsley Warren

Pasque Flower, Barnsley Warren, April 2024.

On 21 April 2024 eight of us embarked on a somewhat risky trip to Barnsley Warren in Gloucestershire, prepared for every challenge from safely parking in a small lay-by right next to a racetrack of a road (The Fosse Way), to climbing down steep steps on a half-hidden bank beyond a hedge, to climbing up and over a rickety ladder stile to land on the side of a precipitous hillside, where the only tracks were those formed horizontally by the age-old tread of sheep.

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February Fungi

Scarlet elfcup, Deer Park Wood, Feb 2024.

Lindsay Fisher writes: Most noticeable fungi appear in the autumn, but last month’s wet weather produced quite a crop of eye-catching specimens in Witney’s Deer Park Wood.

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Blenheim Community Path

Blenheim community path (M. Collins).

While those who came along to the Fungus Foray enjoyed blue skies and sunshine, we who gathered for the Blenheim Community Path on Sunday 19 November weren’t so fortunate. Grey sky, drizzle and a chilly wind greeted us, but undaunted, seven doughty Field Club members set off for what turned out to be quite a fruitful venture.

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Fungus Foray at Watlington Hill

Big blue pinkgill, Watlington Hill, November 2023.

On Sunday 5th of November about 25 of us, including some visitors, met Peter Creed on Watlington Hill for a foray to look at (mainly) grassland fungi. It was a beautiful day, sunny and dry with a breeze, good conditions for seeing fungi.

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Harcourt Arboretum

Acer leaves at Harcourt arboretum, 15 October 2023.

In the last couple of weeks the leaves have finally started to take on their autumn colours. Alas, this was rather too late for us to appreciate them during our visit to Harcourt arboretum.

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Lashford Lane Fungi

Wrinkled peaches at Lashford Lane Fen, October 2023 (Mary Elford).

Mary Elford writes: On Sunday my family and I went to Lashford Lane Fen in Dry Sandford. We love this small but important reserve that hardly anyone seems to visit. We hadn’t been in the autumn before so didn’t know whether it might be good for fungi. We concentrated our search in the woodland area.

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Wrinkled Peach

Wrinkled peaches, Standlake October 12 2023.

John C. writes: Whilst cleaning out nest boxes with the LWVP volunteers at Standlake last Thursday morning (12 October) we noticed some fungi on a log at the side of the track. I didn’t pay much attention to them at the time but after we’d finished and I’d spent an hour or so in one of the hides, I went back for a closer look.

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Pocket Plum

Pocket Plum (Taphrina pruni) on damson, Witney, late May 2023.

Lindsay Fisher writes: Maggie C’s recent post about alder tongue galls reminded me of a curious disease that ruined our damson crop this year. Suddenly the apparently normal young fruits exploded into grotesque elongated shapes, turning pale and withering without forming stones.

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Alder Tongue Galls

Alder tounge gall, Taphrina alni, at FarmEd, August 2023. (M. Collins)

Maggie Collins writes: After the FarmEd lunch last Thursday (3 August), a few of us took a walk around the farm.  Down near the pond we spotted some young alder trees with interesting additions. 

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Green Elf Cup

Green Elf Cup, Holly Grove, 6 August 2023.

John C. writes:

Out for a walk today (6 August) in the Hailey, New Yatt, Ramsden area to look for bush crickets we made a rather pleasing find as we were passing through Holly Grove.

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