Here's the latest monthly report from BSBI President Lynne Farrell telling us what she got up to in November:
"We have held three very successful and much-appreciated annual exhibition and general meetings recently in Dublin, Edinburgh and London- virtually, of course. You can see the talks on the BSBI YouTube channel here for the Irish Meeting, here for the Scottish Conference and here for the Exhibition Meeting.
You can also browse exhibits via the event websites - here for the Scottish Conference and here for the Annual Exhibition Meeting.
The downside was that we were not able to be together in reality but the upside was that more people from all round Britain and Ireland were able to share the events on-line. Members from Donegal and Cork ‘came’ to London, which would have been time-consuming and expensive otherwise. Although you have to concentrate using Zoom, there is the advantage that you can dip in and out on the day itself, and also view the event at a later date. We hope that you will do so and continue to enjoy the presentations. Thanks go to the technological team for making this possible.
Outside you may have noticed on your ‘health walks’ and in
your garden that plants are continuing to flower much later due to the mild
conditions, but as I write there is a cold front approaching so that may change
quickly. The Garden Wildflower Hunt should indicate some of these late
bloomers.
During the autumn I have turned my attention to fungi, which
have also continued to emerge throughout November. Fungi have featured on Book
of the Week on BBC Radio 4 and there are several new publications to help you
with identification and understanding of this extremely large and important
‘group’. The variety of shapes and forms is worth looking at even if running
down to species level is challenging. Here are a few for you to enjoy- the
names are also interesting- Collared Earthstar, Purple Jellydisc (below), Yellow Brain (above left),
Pink Ballerina".
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