by Rosemary Winnall | Nov 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Wyre Forest Study Group 17 November, 2018 Rosy Bonnet (Mycena rosea) This attractive fungus is found in leaf litter in woodlands and hedgerows. It may be found to be a variety of Lilac Bonnet Mycena pura. It smells of radish and should not be eaten as it contains the...
by Rosemary Winnall | Nov 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Wyre Forest Study Group 17 November, 2018 Ergot in Purple Moor Grass Ergot is a fungus that invades grasses. It used to be a serious infection of cereals, producing alkaloids which, when consumed by humans and other mammals, produced Ergotism first documented as far...
by Rosemary Winnall | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Wyre Forest Study Group 9 November, 2018 Autumn woodland The areas of beech woodland in Wyre are ablaze with colour in the autumn sunshine. This is also a good time to spot all the beech seedlings coming up on the forest floor. Blackgraves Copse, Wyre, November 2018...
by Rosemary Winnall | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Wyre Forest Study Group 1 May, 2018 Glowworm larva! It was great to see a Glowworm larva walking across the track in Wyre recently. Larvae are usually nocturnal, but in their third year, between April and June, they start to wander around both in the daytime and at...
