Desk
Wednesday · the autumn edition freezes in 12 days. Three chapters sit in review and three corrections are still unissued.
- Chapters
- 102 published
- In review
- 3
- Unverified observations
- 3
- Corrections outstanding
- 3oldest 21 days
Needs a decision
Demo dataThe permission section does not cover tenanted farmland, and the chapter cannot clear review until it does. Everything downstream of it — the practice part — is blocked behind this one decision.
Fungi After Rain prints a fruiting window of Sep–Oct. The verified range is Aug–Nov. Readers using the narrow window will look in the wrong months, and the chapter is already published.
Two are single-observer records from Colm Byrne with no photograph attached. A record with one observer and no image does not meet the guide's own evidence bar, so it cannot be cited in a chapter.
Both were opened today. They are thin rather than late, but neither will survive a field check at this length.
Recent activity
- Fly agaric ring logged
- Fungi After Rain moved to review
- Tracks correction issued
- Seasonal Return sent for field check
- Pine marten scat declined
Edition
- Edition
- Autumn 2026
- Copy freeze
- 5 Oct 2026
- Field checks
- 2 of 10 chapters outstanding
- Reviewers
- 6 contributors, 1 external
- Errata policy
- Issue within 14 days of verification
Chapters
The guide's contents and where each chapter sits in the editorial pass. Press / to jump to the filter.
| Part | Lead | Stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Light, gaps, and layers |
Orientation | Ines Calloway | 3,140 | 2 Sep 2026 | Published | |
| 02 Naming a tree in winter |
Orientation | Marguerite Okon | 2,780 | 19 Aug 2026 | Published | |
| 03 What grows under the shade |
Orientation | Marguerite Okon | 4,020 | 21 Sep 2026 | In review | |
| 04 Fruiting bodies and their season |
Seasons | Torsten Vaile | 3,660 | 22 Sep 2026 | In review | |
| 05 Prints, gaits, and stride |
Signs | Dev Rasmussen | 2,410 | 18 Sep 2026 | Field check | |
| 06 Visiting the same wood four times |
Seasons | Torsten Vaile | 3,290 | 20 Sep 2026 | Field check | |
| 07 What to carry, what to record |
Practice | Alma Petrescu | 1,640 | 17 Sep 2026 | In review | |
| 08 Access, permission, and turning back |
Practice | Ines Calloway | 2,050 | 14 Sep 2026 | On hold | |
| 09 Streams, flushes, and wet hollows |
Habitats | Marguerite Okon | 1,180 | Today | Draft | |
| 10 Listening after the light goes |
Habitats | Dev Rasmussen | 880 | Today | Draft |
Observations
Field records submitted against a chapter. Nothing may be cited in the guide until it is verified.
| Chapter | Recorder | State | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Eleven caps, no photograph |
Fungi After Rain | Colm Byrne | Today | 1 | Unverified | |
| OS Mink not ruled out |
Water Margins | Colm Byrne | 22 Sep 2026 | 1 | Query | |
| TO Audio attached, 40 min past sunset |
Night Sounds | Dev Rasmussen | 22 Sep 2026 | 2 | Unverified | |
| HD Location withheld from print |
Ground Flora | Colm Byrne | 21 Sep 2026 | 1 | Unverified | |
| CW Photographed, two observers |
Fungi After Rain | Torsten Vaile | 20 Sep 2026 | 2 | Verified | |
| BL Repeat visit confirmed |
Tracks in Soft Ground | Dev Rasmussen | 19 Sep 2026 | 3 | Verified | |
| DB Height implausible for roe |
Tracks in Soft Ground | Colm Byrne | 16 Sep 2026 | 1 | Query | |
| PM Outside the known range |
Tracks in Soft Ground | Colm Byrne | 8 Sep 2026 | 1 | Declined | |
| BS Spring record, held for reprint |
Ground Flora | Marguerite Okon | 12 Apr 2026 | 4 | Verified |
Glossary
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| Part | Definition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co Woodland cut on a rotation |
Orientation | 4 | 2 Mar 2026 | Settled | |
| Sd A dead tree still upright |
Orientation | 3 | 2 Mar 2026 | Settled | |
| Aw Species list varies by region |
Orientation | 2 | 30 Jul 2026 | In review | |
| Sp Otter droppings |
Signs | 2 | 14 May 2026 | Settled | |
| Bl Even height where deer reach |
Signs | 2 | 14 May 2026 | Settled | |
| Sc Cone reduced to a ragged core |
Signs | 1 | 18 Sep 2026 | Draft | |
| Ri A cut track through woodland |
Habitats | 3 | 2 Mar 2026 | Settled | |
| Fl Ground fed by seeping water |
Habitats | 1 | Today | Draft | |
| Wt Tree blown over with its root plate |
Habitats | 2 | 8 Jun 2026 | Settled | |
| Pp Access granted, not a right of way |
Practice | 1 | 14 Sep 2026 | In review |
Corrections
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- Outstanding
- 3oldest 21 days
- Past the 14-day window
- 1
- Issued this edition
- 2
- Withdrawn
- 1
| Chapter | Severity | State | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 ERR-2026-014 |
Safe Entry | 2 Sep 2026 | 21 | Safety | Outstanding | |
| 17 ERR-2026-017 |
Fungi After Rain | 12 Sep 2026 | 11 | Safety | Outstanding | |
| 21 ERR-2026-021 |
Seasonal Return | 19 Sep 2026 | 4 | Factual | Outstanding | |
| 19 ERR-2026-019 |
Ground Flora | 15 Sep 2026 | 8 | Regional | Verified | |
| 20 ERR-2026-020 |
Tracks in Soft Ground | 17 Sep 2026 | 6 | Factual | Verified | |
| 11 ERR-2026-011 |
Bark and Branch | 26 Aug 2026 | 0 | Credit | Issued | |
| 08 ERR-2026-008 |
Reading the Canopy | 11 Aug 2026 | 0 | Factual | Issued | |
| 16 ERR-2026-016 |
Water Margins | 10 Sep 2026 | 0 | None | Withdrawn |
Contributors
Six people write, check, and illustrate this guide. The roster is this small on purpose.
| Subject | Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC Editor |
Orientation, practice | 2 | 3 | Editorial | |
| MO Botany lead |
Botany | 3 | 2 | Editorial | |
| TV Mycology |
Fungi | 2 | 2 | Specialist | |
| DR Tracks and signs |
Mammals | 2 | 1 | Specialist | |
| AP Illustration |
Plates, diagrams | 1 | 1 | Illustration | |
| CB Field checker |
Field records | 0 | 5 | External |
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