Author: David

The original mushrooms looked like they may have been up for some time, and got into a state were they were already hard to identify confidently. The patina of mould didn’t help.

One of the less common types of oyster fungus, this one is a veiled oyster fungus.

Growing in the gap between a garden wall and the pavement, this a a cut-leaved dead nettle. It’s not actually a nettle, and “dead” in that it doesn’t sting.

Growing on a tree stump, and contributing to the recycling of its material, sulfur tuft mushrooms. There’s a chance these can be found through the winter, with a bright colour which makes them easier to spot.

Yet more fruiting bodies thrown up through the tarmac of a pavement by a persistent shaggy inkcap mushroom.

Vivid autumn colours on the leaves of one of the acers in West Park. There are lots of them planted all round the park, seemingly chosen so that all of them have different colours in the autumn.