Onion earthballs

Onion earthballs

A clump of onion earthballs – can you see the supposed resemblance to onions?

Mass of chicken of the wood

Mass of chicken of the wood

Chicken of the woods is a bracket fungus, which causes brown rot in the trees it grows on. It’s also a target for the fungi foragers – though not this particular growth, which comes back each year on a fallen willow on the edge of the island in the West Park lake.

Marsh fly on a bulrush leaf

Marsh fly on a bulrush leaf

Bright red fly resting on one of the bulrush leaves on the Compton Park pool, seemingly little worried by the camera’s near approach for these close-up shots.