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- Helvella crispa. White Saddle in some woods near Bignor West Sussex.
- Lined up for the pocket. Again at Angmering Estate Woods. The ground is a little dry but still some beautiful fungi. #mushrooms @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Family of Amanita muscaria out for a stroll at Angmering Estate #fungi #mushrooms @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Some Bolete type of thing growing on my Sussex lawn, to some excitement. I'd be grateful to have an id. #fungi @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Popped over to Henfield Church this afternoon to check out the waxcaps. It's usually a hot spot, but not so much today, probably needs a bit of rain. #fungi #mushrooms @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Seemingly not poisonous for everything. Several of these about, but didn’t see any gnomes with fishing rods. Ebernoe Common. #mushrooms @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Always a treat to come across Amethyst Deceiver Laccaria amethystina. Just a few spotted at Ebernoe Common. #mushrooms @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Sorting out photos from Ebernoe Common. I’m making this a Panthercap Amanaita pantherina. #Mushroom @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Trying to think of a way of describing this without using the word erotic. Rising from the ground at Ebernoe Common a Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve. #fungi #mushrooms @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Magpie Inkcap. Ebernoe Common. Sussex Wildlife Trust Reserve. #mushroomMonday @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #mushrooms
- Quite a few purple flowers cheering up the place today. Ebernoe Common, Sussex Wildlife Trust. Devil’s Bit Scabious, Common Knapweed, Betony and Mint. #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Round-Headed Rampion - Phyteuma orbiculare. Still going strong on the Sussex Downs this week. #wildflowerhour
- Some lovely plants seen this year and like children, I love them all; but this Greater Knapweed made a particular effort. #FavouritePlant #wildflowerhour
- We are not talking RHS exhibition blooms, but we have some stunted, sulky Autumn Gentian - Gentianella amarella - showing at Steyning. None of them properly open yet. Wee little plants. #wildflowerhour
- Blue Butterflies on The Steyning Downs this afternoon. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
- It's Wally hiding again. Autumn Lady's Tresses - Spiranthes spiralis. On East Sussex Downs. #wildflowerhour
- Common Knapweed - Centaurea nigra. With a little creature doing a Where's Wally. #wildflowerhour #SeedHeads
- Gypsywort - Lycopus europaeus. Growing on the margins of a functioning Dew Pond. Good to see a fresh looking plant. #wildflowerhour #SeedHeads
- Ragwort-Senecio jacobaea. Seedhead looking nce and fluffy. #wildflowerhour #SeedHeads
- Orchid seedhead on East Sussex Downs. I'd go Frgrant but happy to be corrected. #wildflowerhour #SeedHeads
- Wild carrot - Daucus carota. With a chum hunkering down for the day. #wildflowerhour #SeedHeads
- Great willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum. Nature showing sculptors how to do it. #SeedHeads #wildflowerhour
- Greater knapweed - Centaurea scabiosa. Looking good even when the flowers drop off. #SeedHeads #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Centaurium erythraea - Common Centuary. Still going strong. This one growing among Autumn Gentians and holding it's own. #GentianFamily @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Round-Headed Rampion - Phyteuma orbiculare - Grand little plant, thriving in the harsh conditions of dry, grazed, wind swept chalk hills. This near Steyning. #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- The last Orchid of the year. Autumn Lady's-Tresses Spiranthes spiralis . Such a romantic name. A few of these showing in Sussex this week. #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Lucky enough to have a few Gentians on this part of The South Downs. Autumn Gentian - Gentianella amarella. Tough conditions on it's tightly cropped, dry chalk hill home. #GentianFamily #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
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- Pentanema squarrosum - Ploughman's Spikenard - on the Sussex Downs, for daisy family this week. Quite a distinct and scruffily handsome plant #daisyfamily #wildflowerhour
- Wild Marjoram - Origanum vulgare - is such a good plant for insects. I have culinary Origano and Wild Marjoram in the garden, but native is the insects choice. Photo was taken this afternoon, The Steyning Downs. Marjoram hosting Adonis. #wildflowerhour #Pollinatorpals @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Shoreham cycle ride again. Scentless Mayweed, Bristly Oxtongue, Rock Samphire. Didn't make the harbours mouth where the wacky stuff is. ##wildflowerhour #ByTheSea
- Cycle ride from Shoreham to Worthing. Loads of stuff, difficult to know when to stop. Michaelmas Daisy, Horned Poppy, Red, Sea Thrift. #wildflowerhour #ByTheSea
- Beware of everything notice, softened by a lovely flower bed, containing, Black Nightshade and Orache. Shoreham Beach. #wildflowerhour #ByTheSea
- Assuming, as this Orache is growing prostrate, that it is Babbington's Orache? Plenty of it growing on the shingle on Shoreham Beach. #wildflowerhour #ByTheSea
- Common Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris - a plant in need of rebranding. #wildflowerhour
- Round Headed Rampion - Phyteuma orbiculare - Sussex claiming it to be their pride. Chantry Hill. #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- The last of my little white specks in the grass. Eyebright - Euphrasia officinalis - #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Another little classic. Fairy Flax - Linum catharticum - Absolutely frazzled and in Steyning but perky up the road in Storrington. #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
- Some absolute twiddlers about this week, but each deserves it's own post. Squinancywort Asperula cynanchica for the name alone. #wildflowerhour
- Been out and about this week. So many similar plants on The Southdowns, but here we have Conopodium majus - Pignut. The William Morris style leaves have their beauty tucked away at the base. Lots growing on Chantry Hill, near Storrington. #wildflowerhour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
