Tag: Corylus

New record for rarely seen fungus

A rare (or rarely recorded) fungus has been found on at least two of the Quercus species on the oak lawn at RBGE: Dichomitus campestris is a small…

A cathedral of catkins

Corylus colurna; a forest tree of grand proportions. With a trunk of deeply fissured bark reaching up to a magnificent cathedral of branches this tree is now laden…

Woodland floor to hedgerow; a selection of the best British natives for Easter

Primula vulgaris and its close relative the Cowslip, P. veris, are well known spring indicators. Spreading by seed and the scratching activity of mammals which inadvertently split clumps…