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More pictures I’ve dug out from my “consider” pile to break the preponderance of fungi at this time of year. This gatekeeper was feeding on thistle flowers in Sutton Park back in August.

The pictures are of an unidentified bolete species growing in the short grass of Coppice Lane, Tettenhall.

The two pictures directly above and below are different treatments of the same image. The first is given the settings I use on most images, the second treated as a HDR image.

Fungi are the commonest new growth at this time of year. But here is a change from all the fungi pictures which have dominated recent posts. This red admiral was pictured eating ivy flowers back in October.

It was having a long and leisurely meal, and kept changing its pose. The final picture shows the less conspicuous underwing.

Another mushroom which is so small and inconspicuous that it is hidden in grass unless a deliberate search is made.

Wood mulch often supports fungi. These were in Tettenhall.

These were on the Buckpool LNR in Dudley.

This pure white mushroom growing through the moss on a tree trunk was about a centimetre tall.

These inkcaps had already partially deliquesced.

A mushroom species with a very distinct umbo (a raised area in the centre of the cap, named after the technical term for the boss of a shield). This one was growing on a grassy verge in a quiet lane by the side of Danescourt Cemetery.

Another fungus which is a common parasite of deciduous trees. This one was growing on a tree on a corner of Church Hill Road, Tettenhall.

The butterfly was looking directly at me as it fed in October.

Another mushroom which is almost hidden even in shortish grass.