Japanese acer leaves turning their vivid autumnal colours. Two of the pictures in this set are leaves from one of the several Japanese acers in West Park, the others of a tree by the entrance of the church which lies opposite one of the park’s gates.
Artist’s palette fungus, a bracket fungus, with a fallen leaf. Feeds on, and harms, living wood, often of beech trees. The fanciful name id die to the way the fungus colour eventually darkens where it has been scratched, so that drawings can be made on its surface.
Carrion crow prospecting in a patch of short grass by Henwood Road recently.
Fruits ripening on a camellia growing in one of the front gardens in East Castle Street, Bridgnorth.
Grey spotted amanita mushrooms growing in a patch of short grass by the side of Wombourne bypass recently.
Fruit ripening on spindle trees: some by the Smestow Valley Railway Walk at Newbridge, the others in the hedgerow by the farm track at Northycote Farm.
