A wander round the local woods this evening produced my first records of Collared Earthstar Geastrum triplex for this site, and my home 1km square. A total of 4 individuals was located.
Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to join the Glamorgan Fungo Group foray to Coed Gelli Draws, just outside Pontpridd. An enjoyable morning wandering around produced some nice fungi, but possible the best find of the day was whilst waiting for everyone to assemble I noticed a gall growing on a Dogwood leaf. A couple of photo's and a bit of research suggests this is a gall caused by the larva of a fly Craneiobia corni. According to Aderyn, there is one one previous record in Wales - from Monmouthshire. The gall takes the form of a red - darkening to purple knob on the upper leaf, whilst on the underside the gall looks more like a green flask.
Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to join the Glamorgan Fungo Group foray to Coed Gelli Draws, just outside Pontpridd. An enjoyable morning wandering around produced some nice fungi, but possible the best find of the day was whilst waiting for everyone to assemble I noticed a gall growing on a Dogwood leaf. A couple of photo's and a bit of research suggests this is a gall caused by the larva of a fly Craneiobia corni. According to Aderyn, there is one one previous record in Wales - from Monmouthshire. The gall takes the form of a red - darkening to purple knob on the upper leaf, whilst on the underside the gall looks more like a green flask.
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