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Brown roll rim mushrooms

Oak roll rim mushrooms

Brown roll rims are common mushrooms found in association with many species of trees.

Oak roll rim mushrooms

They can be poisonous. Indeed, they can kill and have no known antidote, but this has only been known since the end of the Second World War.

Oak roll rim mushrooms

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Severn valley from Bridgnorth, autumn

Severn valley from Bridgnorth, autumn

Autumn view over the Severn valley looking down from Castle Terrace, Bridgnorth recently.

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Dew-festooned webs

Dew-festooned web

Two spiders webs on a metal fence, the one behind the other, made more prominent by the morning dew recently.

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Mushrooms with a grey cap

Mushroom with a grey cap

Mushrooms with fibrous-looking grey caps growing in short grass.

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Fungi round a tree stump, Worfield

Fungi round a tree stump, Worfield

A mass of fungus growing from the base of a tree stump.

Fungi round a tree stump, Worfield

Seen on the green at Worfield recently.

Fungi round a tree stump, Worfield

The blackened remains of an older fungus were also present near the middle of the stump.

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Squirrel on a tree stump

Squirrel on a tree stump

Squirrel standing on the stump of a tree which had been cut down at shoulder level. It seemed totally unconcerned at people walking close by.