Let’s have something edible!
Ffa
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I’ve never eaten one of these but the birds seem to like them!
Lindys
Definitely nice to eat - eirin duon
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Pethau gwych Ray, mae’r dy lun di o lindys yn edrych fel’r lindys Gloyn bwyn mawr.
Great stuff Ray, your photo of caterpillars looks like the large white butterfly caterpillars. (excuse any poor welsh).
Cocwn o gwyfyn Ermin llwydfelyn - Cocoon of Buff ermine moth.
Cheers J.P.
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Yes, large whites, particularly well-fed after gorging on my cabbages!
This flowered in my lawn. Llygad y dydd, daisy yn Saesneg, originally ‘day’s eye’.
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You only have one daisy in your lawn??? You must have a wonderfully kept garden!!! 
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Most of the daisies have been smothered by the excessive growth of moss this Summer.
I have had to pollinate the tomatoes myself because of the total lack of bees (gwenyn).
Blodau tomato
And because of the lack of sunshine (heulwen) they are all still green.
Tomatos gwyrdd
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Where are you?? I had to pollinate, but even here in wet, soggy Scotland, we’ve had enough sun to ripen mine in the greenhouse!! I am not sending a pic of my tomatos cochion as proof, as I don’t have a camera yet and I haven’t the guts to ask my house-mate to take a pic of my tomatoes!!! Mine are now starting to die back, get wilt, get rust and generally tell me it’s autumn, but I’ve had a good crop, if late starting!! I used to grow gardener’s delight, but I think they got crossed with something and no longer tasted as good. I tried a different smaller kind and they taste fine, but I’ve forgotten the name!!
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Yswydden (prifet) - Privet.
Mae 'na rhywbeth smotiog coch a gwyn yn tyfu yn y coetir.
There is something red and white spotty growing in the woods.
Amanita’r gwybed - Fly araric.
Cheers J.P.
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The moon continues to fill and is a little higher in the sky (so less atmospheric distortion).
The truth is take over 20 photographs and hope one is good.
Magnifying the image brings some features (poorly into view).
I believe the biggest crater near center of image is called Tycho (which looks like a welsh word).
Notice small peak in center of crater.
There was a talk/demonstration at astronomy club last week of equipment i could use to image more of the night sky (oh for more time and money).
So still hoping to be in north wales next week, the weather forecast is tentatively good, and i have purchased plenty of batteries to take with me.
Cheers J.P.
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Ti’n gwella bob dydd. Pob lwc wythnos nesa.
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On i’n lwcis iawn heddiw. i was very lucky today.
Cortinarius violaceus. These are fairly rare and don’t even appear every year, so i just know one spot where i have found them twice in the past and check that spot each year. Today quite a few have appeared and will get much larger and yes they really are this marvelous colour.
Helvella lacunosa, finger for scale, they really do grow this shape.
Cap inc Carpiog grwp - group of shaggy ink caps, sometimes they appear in large numbers.
Gwyn mawr lindys gloyn bwy ar dail mathau o fresych.- caterpillar of large white butterfly on leaf of type of brassica (cabbage family). Just for Ray, they are not all up north.
Cheers J.P.
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There are manuscripts written by monks in which the black ink contains the spores of the shaggy ink cap, hence its name.
The violet fungi look rather attractive!
More pictures of edible plants.
Blodau’r pys
Pys
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Those purple mushrooms are gorgeous! Great find!
(I wonder what fantastic colors you might see if you ate some )
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I was jealous when I saw the pic of your amanita’r gwybed but this is something else! I don’t know how you do it! Da iawn ti.
It’s kind of you to say so: the truth is it’s the result of years of wandering and looking plus looking through books of what there is to be seen.
Luck is a double sided coin as is most of life with yesterday being but one example, the fungus is magnificent and i’m well happy with the day, but prior to that i had chatted with two men who were just packing away their drift nets from early morning bird ringing session for migrants crossing the area. They were very happy to have had 6 fire crests: a bird i have never knowingly seen, so a bird in the hand photo i have yet to take.
Best of luck everyone, there is always maybe tomorrow and to be sure the list of things not seen is enormous.
Cheers J.P.
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I didn’t know they came to Britain!! Do you know which way they cross from where to where? Could their arrival have something to do with temperature changes?
p.s. I know the storybooks tend to show fairies on amanita’r gwybed, but I always picture them on ink caps like those in your pic!! Having seen cortinarius violaceus, I have decided that is where Titania herself must sit!!! 
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I’ve been asked to post this beauty on the What’s Outside link. Lampropelma sp. "Borneo Black. Run of the mill sort of stuff you find in this neck of the woods. I was anxious to entice her to the mouth of her burrow with a long vibrating stick. They can be short tempered and can move fast if need be. If bitten it is mildly poisonous and very rarely fatal. Saw a green whip snake today but didn’t have my camera with me.
And these two little hatchlings are nesting on one of our outside lights. Their mother is getting used to me with a camera now.
Richard
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YAY @YDraigGoch YOU FOUND WAY HERE! Now, … , don’t go away. I bet there in the area where you live it’s always something interesting living creatures to find … 
As I’ve said in your topic - Welcome here (Croeso yma.)
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I will try to answer later, fairies on fungus Now there is a photo.
Many thanks for the interesting addition, Need to rename the thread (what’s outside international).
I couldn’t agree more.
After finding the black helvella yesterday, today the white ones are starting to grow (dechrau tyfu), will get a better photo of bigger one in time i hope.
Coesyn rhychog gwyn - White helvella.
And what can be found on a street.
Wystrysen y coed sydd yn tyfu ar Pisgwydden - Oyster fungus which is growing on common lime.
It can appear abundantly like this more often on willow i find it.
Cheers J.P.
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Oh, the name it currently is is just fine. It never (in the name) stated it couldn’t be international though. Outside is just everywhere, isn’t it?