David

Inkcaps are a group of mushroom species which shed their spores not through gills or pores, but by their caps deliquescing – disintegrating, as was well under way here.

Two minute snails near the top of what appeared to be a long, thin cactus by the entrance to Donington church, hard by Albrighton. The lych-gate can be seen, out of focus, in the background.

Russulas growing in the vegetation patch by the ring road as it passes through a cutting between the bus and railway stations.

Russulas are a genus of mushrooms which often have strongly coloured caps. Several species are pinkish, and I couldn’t get close enough to these to try to identify which they were.

I don’t know whether the yellowing/browning is changing colour for the autumn or a viral infection, but it affects many dock leaves at this time of year.

Elderberries seem to be another fruit heading for a good crop this year. The bunch at the end of this were up out of the reach of any would-be country wine maker.

Shaggy parasols in West Park, a day after the previous pictures.

They’ve now spread out and taken up the parasol shape.