Rowan (also known as mountain ash) leaves can turn a rich, dark crimson colour in the autumn. These leaves were on a rowan bush by the Birmingham Canal near the Stafford Road.
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Alder, catkins and seeds together
Catkins start to appear on alders by mid-autumn, before the current year’s seeds have completely ripened.
These pictures show the unripe seeds and undeveloped catkins on the same tree, as they were in mid-October.
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Autumn just beginning, West Park
Japanese maple by the West Park Southgate just beginning to change colour for the autumn, dwarfed by the tall conifer behind.
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Fairies bonnets, Worfield
Fairies bonnets are tiny inkcap mushrooms which grow in tight clusers. These were at the base of a tree stump just off the main road at Worfield.
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Yellowish waxcaps
There are several species of yellow coloured waxcaps. These may be butter waxcaps peeping through the short grass.
There are worm casts to the left in this picture.
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Tiny puffballs in short grass
These tiny puffballs were barely rising above short-mown grass. These three were nevertheless the largest and most conspicuous of tens of tiny fungi growing in one of the grassed areas just inside the perimeter of West Park recently.