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Autumn fungi: bonnet mycenae

Autumn fungi: bonnet mycenae

Bonnet mycenae, several different related species of small mushrooms, perhaps around an inch tall with thin stems and conical caps. Common but inconspicuous. Species very hard to tell apart (many impossible without specialised equiptment such as a microscope).

Autumn fungi: bonnet mycenae

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Wagtail near ring road, Molineux Hotel

Wagtail near ring road

One of a pair of wagtails which were running round on the tarmac between the Molineux Hotel and the ring road, searching for insects.

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Jelly fungus, Northycote Farm

Jelly fungus, Northycote Farm

Jelly fungus, oissibly witch’s butter, growing on a fallen tree trunk by the path at Northycote Farm.

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Autumn fungi: glistening inkcap cluster

Autumn fungi: glistening inkcap cluster

Glistening inkcaps can be found any time from spring to late autumn, growing in clusters on dead wood. Sometimes on hidden roots, other times on tree stumps, as these fungi on a stump by the former Tettenhall Station platform.

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Autumn colour: liquidambar, West Park

Autumn colour: liquidambar, West Park

Autumn colours in the foliage of a liquidambar tree reflected in the lake at West Park.

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Autumn fungi: clitocybe species

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Clitocybe (funnelcap) species mushrooms growing on a grassy bank under trees right beside the ring road.