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Yellow waxcap species

Yellow waxcap species

Several waxcap species are yellow. This lone and rather faded individual was growing in on of the meadow areas in Cotwall End LNR.

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Rock houses, Kinver

Rock houses, Kinver

The rock houses at Holy Austin Rock seem to have had a fresh coat of whitewash recently from the National Trust.

Rock houses, Kinver

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Silkies, Boscobel House

Silkie

Surely one of the stranger-looking varieties of hens.

Silkies

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Wild watercress, Berkswell

Wild watercress, Berkswell

A ditch in a marshy field by the footpath heading away from the village via the churchyard is filled with abundant watercress. The last flowers were still blooming a few days ago.

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Chicken of the woods growing on a cherry tree

Chicken of the woods growing on a cherry tree

Young specimens of this bracket fungus are considered a delicacy, in Germany for example. In this first picture, the fungus is beginning to turn orange, having been around for a few days.

Chicken of the woods growing on a cherry tree

The paler yellow here was the shade when I first saw the fungus.

Chicken of the woods growing on a cherry tree

From the slime trails around it, it had already been attracting the attentions of one or more slugs.

Chicken of the woods growing on a cherry tree

I don’t eat wild fungi anyway, but the slugs were welcome to this one. The cherry tree which was its host was growing only a few feet from the ring road.

Chicken of the woods growing on a cherry tree

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Frog in water

Frog in water

A frog keeping as much of its body as possible under water to keep cool during the warm spell last week.