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Ivy berries

Ivy berries

The flowering season seemed to pass by so quickly I hardly noticed this year, and already the ivy berries are beginning to ripen.

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Autumn leaves: hazel

Hazel leaves

Yet more on the subtle colours of some autumn leaves: this time of hazel. The top picture shows a catkin which will ripen in the new year.

Hazel leaves

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Fly agarics

Fly agaric

The toadstool, as featured in the Super Mario games, in the dancing mushrooms scene of Fantasia, and innumerable illustrations in children’s books.

Fly agaric

These were growing within yards of the Wolverhampton ring road.

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Autumn trees: Meccano bridge and Tettenhall Ridge

Autumn: Meccano bridge

The leaves changing colour, just before the recent strong winds brought most of them down.

Autumn: Tettenhall ridge

Autumn: Tettenhall ridge

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Autumn aspen leaf

Autumn leaves

More colours of autumn.

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Willow

Willow

This willow on the Upper Green at Tettenhall was gently turning an autumn yellow.