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A Year in a Burial Ground

Category: A Year in a Burial Ground

Is that a ballerina in your churchyard, or is it a parrot?

By Gary Easton, member of Devon Fungus Group and BMS Fungal Education and Outreach Committee As you’re reading this blog for UK Fungus Day on 4th October 2025, I’m sure you’ve already realised that Ballerinas and Parrots are common names for fungi.  They are in a group known as the Waxcaps, because of their appearance […]

Snowdrops

The first known cultivation of snowdrops in the UK was recorded in 1597. While it is thought that pilgrims originally brought this beautiful flower to our shores, it was the Victorians who enthusiastically planted them in churchyards and cemeteries as a symbol of purity and hope. A wander through a burial ground at this time […]