Huge bolete fungus – one of the caps was over a foot in diameter.
Boletes are fleshy mushrooms that have pores on the underside of their caps rather than gills.
They may have been ceps (also known as penny buns, Steinpiltz), a wild mushroom favoured by gourmets. If so, these should still have been avoided. They were growing on an island in the middle of a busy road. Fungi concentrate any pollutants in the environment where they are growing.
Fly agaric mushrooms – several posts have already covered the changes as these matured, most recently here.
The rims of the caps have now risen so much they form small bowls which caught the rainwater.
The widows of an office building are reflected on the surface of the water in the top picture.
One of the advantages of the shorter day length at this time of year is that dawn and sunset happen at more civilized hours.
This picture was taken a few minutes before dawn, looking across the new pool in Compton Park.
Few people would guess that Wolverhampton city centre is only about a mile further on in the direction the camera was pointing. But at that time of the morning the only company was a few people walking their dogs.
Black-headed gull on the landing stage of the Stratford on Avon ferry, hunching up to try to see off a group of mallards.
Some of the West Park squirrels are loosing their caution in demanding to be fed. This one came and stood inches from my feet.
Magpie, without a care in the world, strolling along the back of a seat by the Avon at Stratford.