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This mushroom had a large and uneven cap on top of a very short stem.

Sometimes known as butter and eggs.

Cling to the soil – sometimes known as eggs and bacon.

The shaggy parasol is quite a large mushroom, but this one was almost hidden in long grass in a grassy bank at the side of the road to Pattingham.

They can be seen skitting over the surface of still water in ponds and pools. In fact, there are two different species. The Lesser water boatman (second picture) is indeed, as its name implies, smaller. It also looks like it is walking on the water standing upright, whereas the water boatman lies on its back an appears to use its forelegs like oars.

The lesser boatman is vegetarian, the boatman predates just about anything in the pond which it is big enough to catch.

A butterfly bush doesn’t just attract butterflies.