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Fairies bonnet inkcaps on a mossy wall

Fairies bonnet inkcaps on a mossy wall

Fairies bonnet inkcap mushrooms like these come in clusters, often more plentiful than here. Each one is approximately half an inch tall.

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Ripening medlar fruits

Ripening medlar fruit

Medlar fruit, ripening on the ends of the branches of their tree.

Ripening medlar fruit

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Oyster fungus, base of rotting stump, West Park

Oyster fungus, base of rotting stump, West Park

Oyster fungus growing at the base of a rotting tree stump in West Park. They have been appearing in the same place for several years now, as the the stump gradually disintegrates.

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Autumn landscapes: distant views of Cotswolds from Welcombe Hills

Autumn landscape: distant view of Cotswolds from Welcombe Hills

Welcombe Hills Countrey Park, high ground just north of Stratford on Avon, gives views looking across the river valley to the beginning of the scarp slope of the Cotswolds to the south-west. The Cotswolds, misty on an autumn morning, form the distant horizon in these views.

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Michaelmas daisies, bee visiting

Michaelmas daisies, bee visiting

The same michaelmas daisies as in the previous post, attracting a bee on a sunny autumn afternoon.

Michaelmas daisies, bee visiting

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Autumn flowers: michaelmas daisies

Michaelmas daisies

Purple and yellow of michaelmas daisies, brightening up gardens when most other plants have long finished their flowering seasons.