Category: David

Ripening from a dull green to vivid red.

Fly resting on a leaf.

This delicate mushroom is possibly a Little Japanese Umbrella past its best.

A wasp resting on a leaf.

This is probably one of the amanita species of toadstools. My guess is that it is the False Death Cap. Other amanita species include the accurately named Death Cap and the Destroying Angel.

This troop of mushrooms was growing on a pile of wood chippings.

This inkcap mushroom is gently deliquescing – disintegrating from the rim to release its spores.

A hoverfly resting on a leaf. Notice the rear end of its abdomen, where it seems to be excreting some of the pollen it has eaten.

Another species of bolete, no more precisely identified.

These elderberries are just beginning to ripen.

This is a largish mushroom, fairly common near birch trees in the autumn.

The web of this small spider was breaking the morning sunlight down into the colours of the rainbow as it moved in a morning breeze.