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Fly agaric, newly emerged

Fly agaric, newly emerged

When fly agarics first break through the soil, they don’t yet have a bright red cap.

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How many legs?

How many legs?

This harvestman has eight legs, actually. They are related to spiders.

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But when one is resting on a white wall in bright sunlight, the shadows look like there are more.

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Yellow Fieldcap

Yellow Fieldcap

Yellow fieldcaps are fairly common small mushrooms. Their preferred habitat is meadowland with rich soil; here the recently mown Barley Field.

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October dawn, West Park

October dawn, West Park

View across the boating lake, with the Conservatory to the left, and the sun about to rise behind the bridge.

October dawn, West Park

Bandstand, sun hidden behind the trees beyond.

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Yellow Stagshorn

Yellow Stagshorn

Yellow stagshorn is a common but tiny fungus which grows on decaying conifer, often on buried wood.

It’s a jelly fungus, and can be orange, through various shades of yellow, or rarely whitish.

Yellow Stagshorn

This one was growing on a stump in Himley Plantation.

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Taking off, Upper Green

Taking off

A couple of the black-headed gulls on Tettenhall Upper Green deciding that as I walk across the Green I’m getting a bit too near to where they are searching in the grass for something to eat.

Taking off