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14 May 2025 01:22 #1 by India Ashfield
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Hello. I have only just started using BUBO but have noticed one of the species I want to add to my list (Ceanothus impressus) is not in the database. It is not common in the UK (but there is at least one other record) and is native to North America. Is it because it's not a plant species native to the UK? I'm just curious is all.

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14 May 2025 21:28 #2 by Andy Musgrove
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Hi India - thanks for this. It's not on a list of naturalised plants that we've received from the UK Species Inventory, and it's not currently mapped by BSBI. However, the BSBI's list is in a state of flux at present. Have you found this plant naturalised in the UK somewhere? So long as it was not obviously deliberately planted, I'd be happy to add it for you.

Cheers

Andy

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12 Jun 2025 20:10 - 12 Jun 2025 20:11 #3 by Ben Mapp
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Hi Andy,

Just wondering if the following two species, which aren’t currently on UKSI, are eligible for addition to PSL:

Golovinomyces bolayi – a powdery mildew on Lactuca sp. Recorded 9 June 2025 at Minsmere, identified and confirmed via iNaturalist discussion. Observation link: www.inaturalist.org/observations/288229243 . Recently split from Golovinomyces cichoracearum, so may not yet be reflected in UK databases.

Trachelospermum jasminoides, recorded last year near my home in Essex. Clearly a garden escapee but was growing away from any obvious cultivation.

Thanks in advance!

Ben

 

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13 Jun 2025 08:40 #4 by Andy Musgrove
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Thanks Ben, those two species now available for PSL

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15 Jun 2025 15:52 - 15 Jun 2025 15:53 #5 by Ben Mapp
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Ah, just found another one too - Erysiphe alliariicola (a mildew on Garlic Mustard). It was recently split from E. cruciferarum and is now recognised as the correct species for UK records on Alliaria petiolata. Previously, these were all lumped under E. cruciferarum. Thanks for also adding the other two species!
 

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15 Jun 2025 17:19 #6 by Andy Musgrove
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Thanks, now added

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14 Jul 2025 12:44 #7 by Tristan Bantock
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The Rockrose beetle Dicladispa testacea seems to be missing?

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15 Jul 2025 12:41 #8 by Andy Musgrove
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Ah, my mistake. I'd added it, but spelled it wrong. Should be there now

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16 Aug 2025 00:01 - 16 Aug 2025 00:14 #9 by Geoff Morgan
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I can’t find the Carpenter’s Rule Diatom (Bacillaria paxillifera) on the list, though maybe I’ve overlooked it?

Many thanks
Geoff

Edit: found it: Vibrio paxillifer

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24 Aug 2025 10:26 #10 by James Harding-Morris
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Craig Macadam recently confirmed a leech I found in Lincolnshire as new to Britain. Can Erpobdella nigricollis, the Cowbridge Cutie, please be added to the list?

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24 Aug 2025 18:40 #11 by Andy Musgrove
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Wow, great find James. Added for you!

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30 Aug 2025 18:03 #12 by Thomas Giles
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Hi all. I am trying to list Fennel pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata) but I can't find it listed. Can you help?
Thanks
Tom

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30 Aug 2025 18:15 #13 by Andy Musgrove
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It's there as Potamogeton pectinatus. I don't know why it was missing an English name, but I've now added that.

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02 Sep 2025 20:13 #14 by Geoff Morgan
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I wonder whether it’s possible to add Stentor coeruleus to the PSL list. Found it in a pond in Edinburgh today - quite visible to the naked eye and blue in colour - which isn’t true for all protists!

I’ve popped it on iNaturalist ID 311085941

 

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07 Sep 2025 07:43 #15 by Andy Musgrove
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Thanks Geoff, have added it for you

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14 Sep 2025 21:13 #16 by Geoff Morgan
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Thanks - that’s great. 

I’ve got another - the marine phytoplankton: Neocalyptrella robusta (formerly Rhizosolenia robusta). Found it today in a plankton trawl in Pease Bay

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15 Sep 2025 07:18 #17 by Andy Musgrove
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Thanks Geoff. That one's already on the list (under Rhizosolenia robusta).

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15 Sep 2025 14:35 #18 by Angus Jennings
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Hi Andy,

Might you be able to add a couple of lichens not yet on bubo - Circinaria hoffmanniana and Caloplaca sterilis? 

Cheers,
Angus

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15 Sep 2025 15:28 #19 by Andy Musgrove
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Thanks Angus - now added

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23 Sep 2025 11:09 #20 by Angus Jennings
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Cheers, Andy.

Have noticed another one - Erysiphe cruciferarum has now been split in three - E. cruciferarum s. str. (on Alyssum s. lat.), E. alliariicola (on Alliaria petiolata) and E. radulescui (a polyphagous species - which I imagine is what most people who have 'E. cruciferarum' on their lists have recorded). 

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26 Sep 2025 17:24 #21 by Andy Musgrove
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Thanks Angus. OK, I've added the missing radulesui, and I've attached a note to cruciferarum to help guide people.

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14 Oct 2025 14:14 - 14 Oct 2025 14:15 #22 by Ben Mapp
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Hi Andy,

Another powdery mildew for you - Erysiphe rumicicola, a mildew on Rumex that's recently been split from E. polygoni apparently. 

My iNaturalist record -  www.inaturalist.org/observations/308820362

Thanks!
Ben

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15 Oct 2025 19:02 #23 by Andy Musgrove
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Thanks Ben, now added

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21 Nov 2025 23:53 #24 by Geoff Morgan
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I was looking at a lab culture of Hydra today and noticed lots of the commensal (?) ciliate Kerona pediculus- can’t find this on the list but assume this is fair game for listing?…

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25 Nov 2025 12:04 #25 by Andy Musgrove
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Hi Geoff, 

I can't find any reference to Kerona pediculus in the UK Species Inventory, nor to any of the synonyms that are listed for it in GBIF. It doesn't look like the taxonomy of British Chromista is particularly well pinned down within UKSI (although I may be speaking from ignorance here - it's just not an area I know much about). I'll add this one direct to PSL for you though.

Cheers

Andy

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