News Items from April 2020

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I think the films will soon appear on YouChube.

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Cloud forest fern alive & well in Kerry, Ireland.

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Remarkable. Perhaps yet another reason to record those under recorded parts of UK

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Here it is https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1004/1169346-ireland-fern-discovery/
not to be confused with the Killarney Fern https://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages-ferns/f-26a.html Now (Vandenboschia speciosa)

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Australian re-introduction which I thought may be of interest.
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Other Australian wildlife, perhaps less well known, are presented in Last Dog on the Moon’s usual style.
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The comments below the latter article are mostly on topic (always a bonus) and add other info on Australian wildlife which I found interesting.
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The tale of the infectious cancer that threatened to wipe out the Tasmanian Devils was fascinating, if rather horrifying.

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Interesting, thanks…

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Good news for this spider.

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good news
What a pity the photos do not show the size for what it is; 2" does not sound big, but in the hand…
https://www.gbif.org/species/2147335 the UK (Hankley Common) record is 1988
https://www.danmarks-edderkopper.dk/species-description?taxon=alopecosa%20fabrilis

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Three cheers for the Belfast Telegraph. They give its scientific name.

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58 minutes of joy?

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For the fungi & lichen enthusiasts: Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake published 3/9/20.https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/entangled-life
Listen to him reading somewhat poetically from his book, radio 4.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pm12

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BOTH (JoC & HB1) jolly interesting - thanks

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More success for beavers.

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Did anybody else see “The Serengeti Rules” on PBS America last night? (Repeated x2 today if you missed it.) Looking at how environments can be radically changed by the removal / replacement of “keystone” species - which are not necessarily apex predators. I wonder how beavers fit into this?

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I suspect that Kew may have resorted to this value judgement (ugliest orchid) to get it in the news. If so, It worked!
Interesting comment on the etymology of Its name “[Tiganophyton] –* is derived from the Greek word τηγάνι ( tigani) , which means frying pan.” with a link to a longer piece in which I have yet to find why “ frying pan”.

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A similar article to JOC’s, this time about six new species of fungi found in the UK during 2020.

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Suspect there are loads more Cortinarius species to be discovered even in UK.

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