Arthur O. Chater, Ray G. Woods, R. Nigel Stringer, Debbie A. Evans & Paul A. Smith (2021) Ramularia species, often referred to as White Moulds, are a large and interesting but little studied group of parasitic Hyphomycete fungi. Eighty-one species are reported here from Wales in 180 unique combinations with their host organisms. This compares...
A field key produced by J. Fairclough to support the recording of Sphagnum in Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
Comprising the families Acanthosomatidae, Scutellaridae, Cydnidae, Thyreocoridae and Pentatomidae, shieldbugs comprise one of the most easily recognised groups of true bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). About 43 species have been recorded for Britain and Ireland but a high proportion has a southern and eastern distribution. In common with several other insect groups responding to warming temperatures (Stewart...
The world is facing a biodiversity crisis. An estimated one million species are threatened with extinction¹, vertebrate populations decreased by 68% on average between 1970 and 2016² and globally agreed targets to reduce the pressures on biodiversity have not been met³. The trends of insects, which make up at least 60% of all species on...