Fiery red leaf patches on the uppersides and white aecia of Puccinia phragmitis on the undersides of Dock (Rumex sp.) leaves were abundant around Lawrence Weston Moor LNR today. British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity

The big advantage when hunting for plant pathogens is that they can't run of fly away! I had just seconds to snap this tiny Soldier Beetle in woodland above Lawrence Weston Moor LNR before it flew off. A male Malthodes marginatus? 🤔 NHM Coleoptera #TwitterNatureCommunity

Common Ivy (Hedera helix) has more than its fair share of spots'n'dots but these 👇caught my eye today whilst out and about. I think that this might be the fungal plant pathogen Colletotrichum trichellum. British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity

The fungal plant pathogen Ramularia ulmariae which produces purple spots on Meadowsweet leaves. Found at Lawrence Weston Moor LNR today. British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity

The rust fungus Puccinia urticata was extraordinarily abundant on Stinging Nettles at Lawrence Weston Moor LNR today. Perhaps the waterlogged conditions are an environmental stressor that make the plants more susceptible to infection? 🤔 British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity

The powdery mildew Erysiphe platani on a Plane tree (Platanus sp.) at the foot of Kingsweston Down. Leaf deformation becomes even more pronounced as the year progresses. British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity

Nail galls on Large-leaved Lime produced by the mite Eriophyes tiliae. Found in a roadside hedge this afternoon. British Plant Galls #TwitterNatureCommunity

Meadowsweet plays host to a number of plant pathogens. These little red leaf galls are produced by the midge Dasineura ulmaria. Found at Lawrence Weston Moor LNR today. British Plant Galls #TwitterNatureCommunity

The leaf fungus Septoria cornicola found on Common Dogwood in Portbury village today. British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity

The fungus-like oomycete Pustula obtusata on Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis) found en route to Portbury Wharf today. #TwitterNatureCommunity

Thankful to learn from Send Philadelphia and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary grads today

I was surprised to come across some Chicken-of-the-Woods or Sulphur Polypore (Laetiporus sulphureus) in Blaise Woods today. A bit unseasonal? 🤔 British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity

Also by an old dew pond on the Blaise Castle Estate, lots of Pucciniastrum epilobii rust fungus on Willowherb (Epilobium sp.) British Mycological Society #TwitterNatureCommunity