Collared earthstars, probably the commonest species among this alien-looking group of fungi. Can sometimes be found right through the winter.
Magpie inkcaps, striking mushrooms, and the ones I actually went to revisit.
Redlead roundhead mushrooms, small but with a bright red cap.
Originally from Australia. First recorded in Britain in 1957, growing on sawdust. Nowadays quite widespread, usually growing on wood mulch.
December isn’t usually a good month for spotting fungi. This year there have been more than usual, perhaps because of the warm and wet weather. The Castle Grounds park at Bridgnorth was particulary rich in diverse species when I visited early this month.
Some of the fungi from there will form the subjects for today’s posts. First up, a readlead roundhead and a magpie inkcap, growing near to one another under an oak. More of these two species in the next posts.
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Christmas card audition
Christmas is coming. I don’t have any pictures of robins standing on a holly bough. The best I can manage is this one of a robin on a post, standing as if auditioning to pose on a card.
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Tints and textures: abstract
Close-ups forming abstract photographs, almost monochrome in browns of different shades and white, and varying textures.
Can you work out what the subject was, and what it was doing?
