Candlesnuff fungus growing, apparently from the ground, in a wooded area.
It will actually have been growing on buried wood, perhaps the root of a one-time tree.
I was attracted by the rose hip and the acorn which had fallen right by the fungus.
Russulas growing through leaf litter.
They were probably common yellow russulas, but they were old, faded and nibbled.
They were growing in the wooded area in the grounds of Compton Hospice.
Two related species of mushrooms which get the name of deceiver because of their great variability of colour. The amethyst deceiver (above) fades with age – a process which had probably begun with the one seen here.
I noticed these two growing not far from each other on the same lawn.
The trees along the Railway Walk, and those of Tettenhall ridge behind, beginning to change colour for autumn.
This fly agaric was pictured at the same time as those featuring in the previous post.
Unlike them, it was in direct sunlight. All three looked similar in colour to my naked eye, but the camera recorded this one as much brighter.
A group of fly agaric mushrooms pictured on the day of the great storm that passed us by.
These two fruiting bodies were in shade.
Despite the rain, which had been heavy overnight, the red of their caps showed no sign of having been leached.
