#TurtleTuesday🐢: Tureen in the form of a sea turtle probably Birmingham, England, c.1830 Fused silver plate, L 16½ in (419 mm) x W 17¼ in (235 mm) x H 9¾ in (248 mm) On display at Winterthur’s Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens 96.4.54

I think I’m done. ‘So Mushroom’ - illustrated with Karisma colour pencils, Unipin fineliners & Sakura Gelly Roll. I will be selling prints of this… it’s in season! #mushroomart#MushroomMonday#FungiFriends 🍄📷

I'm doing one of those chatty nights - talking to Nicholas P. Money about 'Molds, Mushrooms & Medicines' - on Wednesday 16 October in Brighton, UK, for BRIGHTHINK. ▶️https://www.brighthink.org/in-conversation/moulds-mushrooms-medicine

🚨Breaking: Just seven out of 87 fossil fuel companies operating in the North Sea will invest anything in renewable energy by 2030, according to Uplift:

I've written a post about things to read, if you're interested in the history of mycological illustration. It's mainly just for the one person that I know definitely is interested in this. But who knows, maybe there are more of us? #MycoBookClub#HistSci#SciArtopen.substack.com/pub/mycobook...

First Fly Agarics of the year. Taken using the Zuiko 50mm f1.4 #FungiFriends

Find of the day was Melanophyllum haematospermum - Redspored Dapperling

Amethyst Deceiver #FungiFriends

For every 1C rise in temperatures the atmosphere can hold 7% more water, but it isn’t necessarily evenly distributed. The trend of a wetter UK is clear though in this shift in the climate average 🧪

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The UK is generally getting wetter...

I'm doing an event for UK fungus day at Sarehole Mill in Birmingham: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/events/natio...

UK Fungus Day | Sarehole Mill | Birmingham Museums

Join us as we celebrate UK Fungus Day. Find out about the fantastic world of Fungi, plus take part in special fungus foray with our curator of Natural Sci