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Found SO MANY #mushrooms at @abneyparkn16 today .. check out my current story for the full list & pics. Lots of #parasols out there but also Dead Man’s Fingers, Candlesnuff Fungus, Birch Polypore, Bonnets, Lumpy Brackets, King Alfred’s Cakes, Jelly Ears and a mystery all-white mushroom that made me excited and nervous as all white mushrooms tend to do! #mushrooms #fungi #fungiphotography #mycology #natureidentification #forestschoolsuk #hackneyoutdoors #themagnificentsevencemeteries #abneypark (at Abney Park Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQUv3hoycC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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My other half is out walking some of the Thames Path today and just sent me this picture of what I think is a perfect beautiful Shaggy Mane Inkcap! #inkcap #inkcapmushroom #shaggymanemushroom #shaggymane #mycology #countrywalking #mushrooms #natureidentification #mushroomsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CUADLkYI6Nn/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Quite chuffed that I got the kids talking about mushrooms at #forestschool today - specifically which were safe to eat and those which might give you tummy ache! We also sorted safe and unsafe foods from nuts, berries, tree bark, plants & minibeasts (yep!) after ‘foraging’ cards with photos of them on site using a handy map. At the end the kids could ID an on site silver birch tree ❤️ 🌲 (as well as know you can eat much of it!). More pics in my story. #forestschoolideas #natureidentification #wildfood #outdooreducation #getoutside #hackneyoutdoors #urbanforestschool #forestschoolleadertraining #forestschoolsession2 #lookandlisten #sensoryplay (at Hackney Downs) https://www.instagram.com/hackney_outdoors/p/CZAQJVXocZO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Creepy!!! Dead mans fingers mushrooms - or #xylariapolymorpha - found at #pimphallnaturereserve earlier today. Hopefully obvious why they’re named as such...If we’d opened them up we’d apparently have found white flesh inside... very Halloween! #deadmansfingers #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #hackneyoutdoors #pimphallnaturereserve #natureidentification (at Pimp Hall Park and Nature Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU2oh0Qo1vJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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My son is absolutely mainlining episodes of @backshall.steve ‘s #Deadly60 TV series (and also this book) at the moment! We are all loving Steve’s enthusiasm as he comes face to face with yet another bullet ant or giant spider, plus his obvious respect and gentle nature with all creatures cute to hideous. He’s a lovely role model for children and I think he has the best job, ever! #nature #stevenbackshall #deadly60 #natureidentification #wildlife #conservation https://www.instagram.com/p/CUu-h0kIhsO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Slightly epic non- #forestschool work week this week..but I managed to pop out to @abneyparkn16 today! I spotted a couple of what look like #parasolmushroom .. slightly worse for wear, & no doubt nibbled by rats or squirrels! 🐿 The park was windy today and unsettled and eerie - I could hear the trees rubbing against each each other, creaking and squeaking; the rustle of the rats in the undergrowth, and twigs and leaves landing gently in the leaf litter. So much going on ..just out of sight. #londonsgreenspaces #abneypark #sensory #walking #magnificentsevencemeteries #lunchtimewalk #stokeywalking #hackneyoutdoors #fungi #mushrooms #mycology #natureidentification (at Abney Park Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUc_sD1o7hc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Apparently grove snails (or brown lipped snails) come in many colours to potentially help camouflage them against hungry birds. Can you tell I’m doing the nature ID part of my Forest School portfolio? #grovesnails #forestschoolleadertraining #brownlippedsnail #natureidentification #natureid #hackneyoutdoors https://www.instagram.com/p/CTownkEoD0B/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Are these a type of oak gall does anyone know? Literally infesting one of the oaks in @abneyparkn16 cemetery park! #oakgalls #urbantrees #urbantreefestival #greenblob #naturephotography #natureidentification (at Abney Park Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO5c3nXnYOj/?igshid=t289402mdbi3