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Dried-up ear fungus, Northycote

Dried-up ear fungus, Northycote

Desiccated ear fungus on a dead elder tree at Northycote Farm. A fortnight earlier the same fungus had just begun to dry up.

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Starling on a thorny twig

Starling on a briar

A starling on a vantage point well-protected by thorns.

Starling on a briar

The bright sunlight brought out the speckling and iridescence in the bird’s plumage.

Starling on a briar

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At Fibbersley LNR

At Fibbersley LNR

Fibbbersley is one of Walsall’s Local Nature Reserves. It is in Willenhall, near the border with Wolverhampton, and one of the many Black Country LNRs where nature has reclaimed a one-time site of mining, quarrying or industry.

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Elderly razor strop fungus

Elderly razor strop fungus

Razor strop fungus, also known as birch polypores, can last for up to a year, almost always on birch trees.

Elderly razor strop fungus

This one had been around for some time.

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More scarlet elf cups

Scarlet elf cap in moss

A scarlet elf cup fungus growing on timber near the canal at Newbridge. The timber had been on the ground long enough to be supporting a healthy growth of moss.

Scarlet elf caps

These were growing on another pile of timber by the nearby Smestow Valley Ranger Station – pictures of others from this patch in a previous post here.

Today’s pictures were taken in mid-February.

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Still standing

Still standing

A dead tree in the woods by the ruins at Northycote Farm, pictured on one of the few sunny days recently.