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Where Have I Been?

1/6/2026

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As a 2026 new year resolution I decided to have a look at my website and upgrade it a bit. I am horrified to see that I haven't posted anything in my news section or updated the website since March 2023!

​I have been quite busy over the past 3 years, but don't want to bore you with unnecessary details, so will pick up with what is going on now. 

As a 2026 challenge, I will be posting a photo a day of the natural world in the photography section of this website, so do have a look!

I am still quite involved in the fungal world and have become a member of the Council for the British Mycological Society. I joined the BMS as a member in February 2021. Until the pandemic, I had spent my career in magazine and book publishing but the lockdown changed my life when I began to study the natural world in earnest, photographing and researching everything I found on daily walks. I discovered fungi in November 2020 and am now totally immersed in mycology. I run the  Facebook page for my local fungus group and write articles for regional newspapers and magazines, hoping to interest newcomers to the world of fungi. Here is one of my favourites, the very tiny Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii).

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I have also become very interested in slime moulds which are not plants, fungi or animals but myxomycetes, or protists, that closely resemble amoeba. These delicate beauties are called Comatricha nigra (and are almost too small to see with the naked eye).

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I feel like I've done enough for today as I've updated other parts of this website, but promise I will write again before another 3 years are up!
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    • Nature >
      • Fungi
      • Nature Articles
      • Magazine Articles >
        • Fungi Spotting in the Chilterns
        • Professor Richard Fortey
        • Dispelling Myths about Misunderstood Moths
        • Understanding Wasps
        • Hairstreak article: Silver-studded blue butterflies
        • Looking for Lichens in the Chilterns
        • Bees
        • Thistles and other Prickly Plants
        • Chilterns Wonderland
        • Yellow & White Flowers of Early Spring
        • Spotting Butterflies in the Chilterns
        • Searching for Slime Moulds in the Chilterns
        • Enjoying Autumnal Sights in the Chilterns
        • Springtime in the Chilterns
        • Summertime in the Chilterns
        • Meandering with Moss in the Chilterns
        • Finding Fungi on Trees in the Chilterns
        • Enjoy the Poetry of Glorious Summer Flowers
        • Exploring the Enchanting World of Hoverflies
        • Spiders and Their Silk
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