Silverleaf is a bracket fungus with a zoned and hairy-looking upper surface. It grows on trees and tree stumps, plum trees for preference. Plum tree leaves change to a silvery colour with an infestation of the fungus.
The furry appearance of the upper surfaces is what I find most striking about the fungus.
It’s been growing on this old stump by the lake in West Park for some years now. The pictures are of recent new growth, taken just before the start of the current cold spell.
Not sure what sort of bush produces these purple berries: they were on a plant in West Park.
Two of the spiderswebs on the bridge over the Severn at Bridgnorth, given additional emphasis by a coating of frost.
Deceivers are common small brown mushrooms which seem to prefer periods of cool weather. They are “deceptive” in the sense that they are very variable in colour.
These were in one of several patches of the fungus by the canal towpath near Wightwick.
CORRECTION: identified by Lukas Large as possibly scurfy twiglets
Abundant healthy lichen growing on the branch of a tree by the canal towpath near Castlecroft.
Two moorhens on the canal at Compton. The bird on the left has a beak which hasn’t yet turned red: it’s not yet an adult.
They use the fallen elder branch in the middle of the picture to step between the bank and the water. There is a patch of ear fungus growing on the branch.