Mushroom growing from the end of a fallen tree trunk. The bend in the stem might have been caused by the trunk moving after the fungus started to grow.
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Hollow oak, Upper Green, Tettenhall
Ancient, hollowed-out oak by the paddling pool on Tettenhall Upper Green.
The charring in the hollow presumably indicates that vandals once set a fire inside.
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Sulfur tuft cluster on a stump
Mushrooms to look out for over the coming months. Sulfur tuft are bright yellow and grow in clumps on wood (including buried wood).
They are one of the few species which should carry on appearing even in the coldest winter months.
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Juvenile b.h. gull
Juvenile black headed gull, possibly mature next year, using a post in Perton Pool as a vantage point.
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Honey fungus growing through a wall
Cluster of honey fungus which had grown through the stone wall of a garden between the two greens at Tettenhall: views from above and below.
Dead tree in Wightwick Manor woods. There are nest holes above, possibly woodpeckers’.
Honey fungus spreading high up the trunk shows why the tree died – clumps opf the fungus featured in the previous post.