David

The bright autumn leaves of a cherry tree on the fringes of Dudley Castle hill. There was a magpie perching high in the tree.

Two views of the same specimen of fly agaric, the toadstool which is the favourite of fairy tale illustrators.

This is one of the few I’ve seen this year. The fading of the red on the cap, and the loss of the “warts” from one section, will be effects of rain.

The middle picture is of a younger specimen.

A view from a high vantage point on the Wren’s Nest hill. The remains of Dudley Castle stand out on the next hill, backed by the masts of the mobile telephone companies on Rowley Hill in the greater distance.

This weird fungus can, sometimes, look extraordinarily like someone has been cutting off the upper surface of cauliflower florets and scattering them on the ground.

The early-morning sun was lighting the teazel from behind and outlining the spider’s web.