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Common earthball with spores

Common earthball with spores

Earthball which has been split open, with the spores all spread out in the immediate vicinity instead of being dispersed.

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Autumn colours: bullrush leaf

Autumn colours: bullrush leaf

This bullrush leaf is undergoing a more muted colour change than those of deciduous trees, but not all autumn shades are gaudy.

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Old man’s beard going to seed

Old man's beard going to seed

Old man’s beard with the seeds just beginning to ripen.

The long green strands will become the white feathery material vaguely resembling a beard when the seeds are ready to be dispersed.

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Honey fungus by marker post

Honey fungus by the marker post

Honey fungus: very variable in form, but its presence always indicating wood is been rotted.

Honey fungus by the marker post

Its normal habitat is the base of trees which it is killing.

Honey fungus by the marker post

Here it was by one of the Walking for Health distance markers in West Park.

Honey fungus by the marker post

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Magpie by fallen leaves

Magpie by fallen leaves

Magpie on the q.v. on the edge of one of the lawns in West Park.

Magpie by fallen leaves

Suspicious glance at me.

Magpie by fallen leaves

Then off in search of food.

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Brown roll-rim, city centre

Brown roll-rim, city centre

Brown roll-rim are common mushrooms of wooded areas, growing in association with many species of deciduous or coniferous trees.

Brown roll-rims, city centre

These were on a patch of tree-fringed short grass at the city centre end of Willenhall Road.

Brown roll-rim, city centre