Related to the cultivated oyster fungus, which is whiter.
This one was growing on the top of a tree stump by the Bridgnorth Road. The base of the same trunk was covered in a swarm of honey fungus.
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Yew berries
Scarlet berries against the dull green of the evergreen leaves. Yews are particularly long-lived, and often found in churchyards.
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Elderberries
One of the characteristic fruits of autumn, and potent ingredient of home-fermented wine, the elderberries are a distinctive black fruit at the end of bright red stems.
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The Miller
One of the mushrooms with a reputation as good eating, but which is easily confused with poisonous Clitocybes.
According to the sources this is a common mushroom, but the pictured specimen was a first for me.
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Honey fungus
This fungus is very variable in form. It is more usually found towards the base of tree trunks, where it is invariably fatal for the tree.
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Misproportioned mushroom
Couldn’t identify this mushroom, which seems to have both a disproportionately high diameter stem and a disproportionately small diameter cap. It was on a private lawn, so hard to get closer for a more detailed examination.