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Myth, Magic and Mother Nature:
Fay Brotherhood's
Natural History Blog

By Fay Brotherhood BSc (Hons) MSc, FISC4

Follow my blog and learn about all things ecology, botany and geology!

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FISC4 botanist Fay Brotherhood blogs all things botany.

Racomitrium species of the Scottish Southern Lowlands

Exploration of Racomitrium mosses in the Moffat Hills

Fay Brotherhood

Feb 61 min read

Petrichor and the Powdery Earthcap (Cystoderma amianthinum)

Petrichor and the Powdery Earthcap (Cystoderma amianthinum)

Petrichor and the Powdery Earthcap (Cystoderma amianthinum)

This stinky guy is called Cystoderma amianthinum (powdery earthcap). It is an indicator of heaths/acid grassland and other acidic, low...

Fay Brotherhood

Nov 6, 20244 min read

"Fields Yellow with Charlock"

"Fields Yellow with Charlock"

"Fields Yellow with Charlock"

On yesterday's session of government sanctioned exercise, this field in the eWoodhall estate near Tewin in Hertfordshire stuck out to me....

Fay Brotherhood

Apr 13, 20204 min read

Field Woodrush, an indicator of antiquity?

Field Woodrush, an indicator of antiquity?

Field Woodrush, an indicator of antiquity?

Field woodrush can be an indicator of nutrient poor, acidic soils and can be an additional indicator of historic grassland. But....

Fay Brotherhood

Apr 9, 20205 min read

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