Thorne mid October update

First week back at work after a holiday is never much fun but thankfully I had The Challenge to take my mind off things. And added quite a few species so Thorne is now on 958 as shown in the table below

Group	Thorne	Group	Thorne
Slime moulds	1	Hemiptera	38
Lichens	22	Coleoptera	37
Fungi	66	Diptera	54
Bryophytes	26	Hymenoptera	42
Plants	310	Butterflies	21
Molluscs	12	Moths	202
Annelids	3	Insects RSO	6
Arachnids	17	Fish	1
Myriapods	0	Amphibia	3
Crustacea	10	Reptiles	0
Springtails	2	Birds	61
Odonata	9	Mammals	8
Orthoptera	7	Total	958

The wet weather seems to have resulted in the best fungi season for several years and the photo this time is of a Pink Waxcap taken at Thorne last week.