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Woody nightshade berries

Woody nightshade berries

Now fully ripened.

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Fly agaric

Fly agaric

This is the same individual as posted previously. In the eight days between the two sets of pictures being taken there was a lot of heavy rain. This resulted in the fading in the red colour of the cap.

Fly agaric

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Ivy berries

Ivy berries

The flowering season seemed to pass by so quickly I hardly noticed this year, and already the ivy berries are beginning to ripen.

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Autumn leaves: hazel

Hazel leaves

Yet more on the subtle colours of some autumn leaves: this time of hazel. The top picture shows a catkin which will ripen in the new year.

Hazel leaves

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Fly agarics

Fly agaric

The toadstool, as featured in the Super Mario games, in the dancing mushrooms scene of Fantasia, and innumerable illustrations in children’s books.

Fly agaric

These were growing within yards of the Wolverhampton ring road.

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Autumn trees: Meccano bridge and Tettenhall Ridge

Autumn: Meccano bridge

The leaves changing colour, just before the recent strong winds brought most of them down.

Autumn: Tettenhall ridge

Autumn: Tettenhall ridge