Brian Eversham

@brianecambs

Wildlife enthusiast, photographer, elms/lichens/beetles/molluscs/protozoa and much else. CEO of Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, occasional leader for Wildlife Travel, visiting prof., Cranfield Uni. Views my own. He/him

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Brian Eversham@brianecambs· 28d

Perhaps it was added by James Rennie who edited the 1833 edition - it appears halfway through the 'Goose' account, not as a heading:

Brian Eversham@brianecambs· Jan 1

A happy new year to anyone I know (and to the rest of you!), here's an evilly grinning (or possibly screaming - I imagine they do it in ultrasound) lichen, which seems to sum up 2025 rather well

Cladonia cenotea, a rare lichen found in Scottish pinewoods, grey-green powder-covered spikes which end in narrow cups, with a small opening that looks worryingly like a grinning or screaming mouth.

Brian Eversham@brianecambs· May 8

A naturalist on holiday - a few days in the Humberhead peatlands (and a Travelodge):

A low-power stereo microscope and a high-power compound microscope, the camera linked to a laptop, showing a testate amoeba on screen

The books which a naturalist interested in mosses, lichens and things microscopic travels with

Brian Eversham@brianecambs· Jan 5

Yes, with Monacha cantiana in particular, I struggled to ID it from books which illustrated empty shells, as the live animal often looks completely different (from Kerney & Cameron's 1979 Field Guide)