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Still the same red admiral, now shifted to give a view from above of its half-open wings.

Then another view from below, once again showing the long tongue in action.

Blackening waxcaps are yellow or orange when they first appear, gradually turning black within a few days.

They, and all waxcaps, are tiny mushrooms: less than a couple of centimetres high.

This is a comma butterfly, feeding on the same ivy bush as the red admiral. Once again, its long tongue means it holds its head up high while the food source is at its feet.

Yellow mould growing on the cut end of a felled tree trunk in East Park.

Two fly agaric mushrooms growing in a flower bed near the Chapel Ash roundabout. Although they looked fresh, something had already had already had several chunks out of this one.

This one had brought up some of the soil onto its cap as it grew.

Side view of the same mushroom, showing the ring on the stem.

The same red admiral butterfly featured in the previous post, now beginning to open its wings.