Chicken of the woods is a bracket fungus, which causes brown rot in the trees it grows on. It’s also a target for the fungi foragers – though not this particular growth, which comes back each year on a fallen willow on the edge of the island in the West Park lake.
Bright red fly resting on one of the bulrush leaves on the Compton Park pool, seemingly little worried by the camera’s near approach for these close-up shots.