Looking into the edge of a field just outside the picturesque village of Badger. The picture was taken the same morning as those of the apple tree which was posted a couple of days ago.
Category: David
Hawthorn shield bug
Apple tree at Burnhill Green
Birch boletes
Holly berries – with bonus cricket
Earth stars
Well chewed brown roll-rim
Milk cap
Small flock of gulls
Larch bolete
Blackening waxcap
Panther cap
Autumn is the peak time for fungi, so that’s why they are dominating the posts at the moment.
The panther cap is not a particularly common mushroom, but this one was growing right by a canal bank near Compton.
This specimen seems to have proved a reliable food source for something small in the way of the local wildlife. All pictures are of the same individual. The top two are views from the side and top; the lowest picture was taken a couple of days earlier as the toadstool emerged, already nibbled at.