This cobweb had been built in the rotting heart wood of a tree stump in the Wren’s Nest Reserve in Dudley. It was covered in frost earlier this month.
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Fading fly agaric mushroom
Fly agaric a month ago, its colours faded by repeated rains,especially towards the edge of the cap.
Pictures of the same mushroom as it was just beginning to fade in an earlier post.
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Mallard in an icy canal
A female mallard swimming in one of the patches of open water in a section of the Birmingham Canal which was freezing over in the cold spell in mid-December.
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Brown mottlegill
Brown mottlegill mushrooms are small mushrooms, often found in troops on lawns and similar cut grassy areas in the autumn. The centre of the cap is frequently paler than towards the rim.
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Yellow coral fungus, Wightwick manor
A fungus which looks like short stalks, less than an inch high, which lead nowhere. Often found in short grass such as mossy lawns.
These were growing near to one of the pools in Wightwick Manor garden.
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On a frosty, misty morning
View along the canal from the towpath opposite the Wildside Acitivity Centre. The bridge in the background is the aqueduct carrying the Smestow across the canal.
Two views of Alderley Junction, where the Birmingham Canal comes down to meet the Staffs & Worcs.
