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Bracket on a mature willow

Bracket on a mature willow

Underside of a pale bracket fungus which was growing near the fork in the trunk of an impressively large willow tree.

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Red admiral on ivy flowers

Red admiral on ivy flowers

By November, very few plants still have flowers.

Those that do, like ivy, attract a lot of hungry insects.

Red admiral on ivy flowers

Warm sunny mornings are the best time for spotting butterflies like this red admiral.

Red admiral on ivy flowers

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Autumn colours, mulberry leaves

Autumn colours, mulberry leaves

Mulberry leaves against a sunny autumn sky. More nature photography from the comfort of the terrace of the Dirty Duck at Stratford on Avon.

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Slug on tree trunk

Slug on tree trunk

Slug determinedly climbing up the trunk of one of the trees in the wood at Northycote Farm.

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Caps flattened

Caps flattened

Like many mushrooms, these fly agarics started out with domed caps which then flattened: the colour also faded.

Caps flattened

They are pictured here four days after the photos in an earlier post.

Caps flattened

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Candlesnuff fungus and rosehip

Candlesnuff fungus and rosehip

Candlesnuff fungus growing, apparently from the ground, in a wooded area.

Candlesnuff fungus and rosehip

It will actually have been growing on buried wood, perhaps the root of a one-time tree.

Candlesnuff fungus and rosehip

I was attracted by the rose hip and the acorn which had fallen right by the fungus.