Secret World of Fungi
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Looking for a fun day out for all the family during October half-term?… Coming up this weekend we have a fungi-filled weekend of activities which should appeal to any budding mycologists …
Fairies baths’ and dead man’s fingers!
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Last week I managed to take some photos of different animal tracks I found on the reserve. The weather has been truly awful for us the past couple of months …
The world is your oyster (mushroom)
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Whilst walking through the reserve last Wednesday I noticed some fungi growing up the side of a sycamore trunk. My fungi ID isn’t great but I had an idea of …
Wigs and porcelain
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As Alex mentioned a wee while ago, fungi has become rather abundant on the reserve and now is a great time to go out and spot it. We’ve had such …
Fantastic Fungi
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As summer is steadily drawing to a close and the first signs of Autumn start to show themselves around the reserve, walking around the reserve is made all the more …
Frost Beard!
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While walking through the reserve this week I had spotted several clumps of what like like white silky hair growing out of dead wood, both on trees and on the …
Autumn Antlers
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Autumn is a great time to see fungi on the reserve like this Yellow Stagshorn (Calocera viscosa) which loves the soil of conifer woodland especially around tree stumps or fallen …
Birthday present number 3
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Join us in celebrating the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve’s 5th Birthday! The third free event of five, to commemorate the five years of being a National Nature Reserve, …
Birthday present number 1
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Join us in celebrating the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve’s 5th Birthday! The first free event of five, to commemorate the five years of being a National Nature Reserve, …
Likin’ the lichen
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Lichen can be found in a huge variety of places, from rocks and tree trunks, to volcanoes and arctic tundra. But what is it? Is it a plant, fungus or …