Porcelain fungus
The shiny, translucent porcelain fungus certainly lives up to its name in appearance. It can be seen growing on beech trees and dead wood in summer and autumn.
The shiny, translucent porcelain fungus certainly lives up to its name in appearance. It can be seen growing on beech trees and dead wood in summer and autumn.
The candlesnuff fungus is very common. It has an erect, stick-like or forked fruiting body with a black base and white, powdery tip. It grows on dead and rotting wood.
The diminutive common eyelash fungus can be found on wet wood and humous-rich damp soil, often by streams or in wet places. Its orange cup is fringed with tiny, black hairs, providing its common…
The stinkhorn has an unmistakeable and intense stench that has been likened to rotting meat. Its appearance is also very distinctive: a phallic, white, stem-like structure, with a brown, bell-…
Over the next year, I will be heading over to Snipe Dales monthly to get an insight on how Warden James Forrester works to maintain the site throughout the seasons and how he has to adapt to…
October was most unusual this year with mild temperatures, lingering summer migrants, a flurry of scarce birds and some late insects.
Although October failed to produce the favourable wind directions for scarce migrant birds there were lots of interesting sightings to keep one entertained. Sea watching was again one of the…
Don Wright, Vice President and former Chairman of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, died at home on 5 May 2016 at the age of 86
Welcome to the opening 2023 blog from the two new marine interns, Sian Peace and Jasmine Brown.
The autumn season of events began with a look back to the history of the Trust, a fungus foray, a view of nature reserves from the sky and black grouse.
From sea dipping to treasure hunts in the forest, this week we spent time visiting Lincolnshire nature reserves and getting stuck in with their National Marine Week themed events.