September on the Isle of Skye
| 2 September 2014 . . . . Took a trip over to the beautiful Balmacara Birch woods today and found a splendid display of fungi. The Fly Agaric was about six inches across! | |||
Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric) |
Amanita excelsa var. spissa (Grey Spotted Amanita) |
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Russula |
Piptoporus betulinus |
Boletus edulis (Cep) |
Russula |
| 3 September 2014 . . . . Had a wander around the conifer plantation above the Aros Centre. | |||
Pleurocybella porrigens (Angel's Wings) |
Amanita (as above) |
Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket) |
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| 7 September 2014 . . . . Russula emetica is dominating the fungal flora in the spruce plantations, but I did find a couple of new species today. | ||
Cortinarius stillatitius (Purple Stocking Webcap) |
Lactarius rufus (Rufus Milkcap) |
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| 8 September 2014 . . . . Down to my local Birch wood today. | ||
Clavulina cinerea (Grey Coral) |
Cortinarius hemitrichus (Frosty Webcap) |
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Hemerobius marginatus (a Lacewing) |
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| 10 September 2014 . . . . In the woods again!. | ||
Armillaria (Honey Fungus) |
Cortinarius triumphans (Birch Webcap) |
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| 15 September 2014 . . . . Breakish Obbe | ||
Greylag Geese |
Greylag Goose |
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| 24 September 2014 . . . . Back to the insects until we get another crop of fungi. I caught these at Kinloch. Both only about 5mm long. | ||
Lygus sp. |
Platycheirus sp. |
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| 29 September 2014 . . . . | ||
Grey Mountain Carpet |
Light Emerald |
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