Canadian Fleabane new to Dalgety Bay, 31st August

 At least as far as I know. The Atlas does have a NT18 dot, so somebody has seen it somewhere around here. On this occasion there were a small handful of plants around the Sailing Club rough ground.

Agaricus xanthodermus, The Yellow Stainer, new to Dalgety Bay

Popped up in the garden in perfect condition, and showing the stunning yellow coloration that makes it an easy ID. Apart from the yellow, it looks a lot like your average supermarket mushroom. That's a shame because it's poisonous! If you're going to eat wild mushrooms you definitely need to be aware.

The root of the stipe (the yellow part here) smells very strongly of ink.

Endothenia nigricostana new to Dalgety Bay

 Stormy conditions last night let the moth trap surrounded by wet egg boxes, but inside was this 

Endothenia nigricostana

Times move on quickly sometimes in moth distribution but East of Scotland website has this in the micros distribution maps

It's definitely a good one, regardless

Three new additions in one day

 Yesterday at the new harbour (sailing club) area I noted White Campion and Long-headed Poppy. Neither are particularly scarce, but both had evaded recording in the Bay. The poppy had some interesting smaller plants in shallower areas, which surprisingly contained tiny versions of the flowers, That surprised me, though maybe it shouldn't have. Then last night Grey Pug put in an appearance in the moth trap - a long overdue record and also probably overlooked previously.

the smallest poppy in the world? 

Acleris cristana new to Dalgety Bay, 2nd VC85 record

 

24/02/2026

Two new lichens

 Braving the easterly wind, but without a telescope, I headed for Downing Point, really only to check that the bleach I had would work on Ochrolechia parella. It didn't. However, I was able to locate Arthopyrenia punctiformis on elder twigs and Lecanora fugiens on the coastal rocks. The former is a pioneer species of twigs, and was abundant on the Elder twigs. The latter glows an amazing flourescent orange under a UV torchlight.

Myriolecis (Lecanora) fugiens