Bertie the Brown Birch Bolet - Diary entry No.8

Bertie the brown birch bolet

There are three essentials for life; light, warmth and moisture. To date Bertie and his friends have have an abundance of all three, however as every day passes Winter approaches, and with it the end of the fruiting of the bolet mushrooms.

It was a cold night and morning for the inhabitants of the forest. I arrived at Bertie's secret location just before 9a.m. and the air temperature was 4 degrees Celsius. Despite the cloud cover there was a bite to the air and some ice had formed on the ground. The maximum and minimum air temperature values for the last 24 hours were 10.2 and 0.8 degrees Celsius. The barograph also dropped steadily through the night and is currently at 1005 millibars.

Bertie did not exhibit too much growth over the last 24 hours and his measurements are as follows: the cap measures 48mm in diameter and he is 60mm tall. Big Ben is still growing but the temperature values must be having an effect at this stage. His measurements are as follows: the cap measures 33mm in diameter and he is 57mm tall.

Big Ben the brown birch bolet

Unfortunately, I must break off Bertie the brown birch bolet's diary because like Bertie I require the three essentials, light, warmth and moisture. I am en route to Sardinia, and thereafter to Mallorca, where I may catch up with some of Bertie's boletaceae cousins. There is currently a plan in place to coax Corinne into visiting Bertie and Big Ben at least once over the coming days, and if this can be achieved we may have a few more entries in Bertie's diary. I am also keen to recover the expensive research equipment from the birch forest!!