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Poison pie is a mushroom which lives up to its name.

Whatever has been nibbling this one, probably a squirrel, will have had a badly upset stomach.

Aging spiny puffball fungus which had lost its spines. The soil on the bottom left shows where it had also been uprooted before I got to it.

Only a few of Gloucester Old Spot piglets born in the spring of 2013 on Northycote Farm can still be seen there.

This one was digging deeply in a muddy area of its enclosure in search of something the last time I visited the farm.

Trooping funnels are mushrooms which tend to be found in grass or leaf litter in clearings, here the lawn in front of a block of flats.

The cap starts off pointed. As it expands, the rim is raised. Eventually it becomes funnel shaped.

As the name implies, they are normally found in groups.

Decorative berries on a dogwood shrub in a front garden: a dense cluster of snow white berries tipped purple, growing on a red stem.

This shrub had variegated green leaves.

Coral spot is a common fungus which can be found on dead or dying wood, or branches which are dying back on living trees.

These were on a bough overhanging the stile from the Railway Walk onto the White Oak Drive housing estate.