Russulas, sometimes called brittlegills, are a genera of mushrooms many of which are fairly large and strongly coloured. Common yellow russulas are indeed one of the commoner species of this genera. Their pale yellow colour means they are not always easy to spot among the leaf litter of deciduous woods in autumn, where the fruiting bodies can be found.
Tall horse chestnut near the West Park lake, with its leaves turning yellow prior to dropping off the tree and the colours reflected in the water of the lake.
Deeply gnarly: a fallen tree trunk, with no sign of any remaining bark, resting on the ground in Himley Plantation.
Green woodpecker, possibly one of this year’s birds, standing on the top of a concrete post, surveying the recently mown grass between itself and me. The bird seemed oblivious to the presence of a cat which went strolling by on the car park not very far behind it.
I’m a sucker for the vivid colours of the autumn leaves of some non-native trees and bushes. Here’s a tree of heaven, growing beside the lock which separates the Shropshire Union Canal from the Staffs & Worcs Canal at Autherley Junction.
Clump of sulfur tuft mushrooms on a fallen tree trunk in Himley Plantation. For comparison, the same clump just over a week previously when they had not long emerged.