Bracket fungi spotted recently in Old Nursery Wood. The blushing bracket was growing on some of the the logs which mark the edge of the paths; the smoky bracket on a tree stump.
David
Canestrini’s harvestman on a leaf
Canestrini’s harvestman (Opilio canestrinii) on a leaf. This species first recorded in England in 1999. Since then, has been spreading rapidly, and probably displacing the native harvestman (daddy-long-legs) species.
Butterflies, white
A small white butterfly feeding on a thistle flower, and a green-veined white (somewhat the worse for wear) resting on a,leaf.
Hiding in the grass, pleated inkcap
Its tiny cap just peeping through short grass, a pleated inkcap mushroom, sometimes also called a little Japanese umbrella.
Meadow brown summer
Meadow butterflies have been quite common round here this summer. The other browns, less so.
Garden spider, above and below
Common garden spider, which had built its web where it was possible to get views both from above and below.
