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Autumn fungi: wrinkled club

Autumn fungi: wrinkled club

They look like tiny white stalks, less than an inch high among the short grass of a front lawn. They are wrinkled club, quite easy to miss.

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Autumn colour: Bantock Park and House

Autumn colour: Bantock Park and House

Bantock Park as most of the leaves were beginning to change colour for the autumn. Bantock House just shows through the trees above, while my shadow intrudes below.

Autumn colour: Bantock Park and House
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Autumn fungi: wood blewits

Autumn fungi:wood blewits

Wood blewits are another of the many mushroom species which grow in association with trees: in their case, a wide variety of deciduous or coniferous trees. When fresh, the caps have a lilac (sometimes pinkish) colour, which has faded on these specimens.

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Autumn colour: tree, West Park

Autumn colour: tree, West Park

Lone tree in West Park, its leaves turning colour for the autumn, starting at the top and working down.

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Autumn fungi: mushrooms by a fence

Autumn fungi:mushrooms by a fence

Mushrooms growing through the tarmac of a pavement, right up against a wooden fence.

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Autumn colour: ginkgo

Autumn colour: ginkgo

A row of ginkgo trees, leaves turning vividly yellow for autumn. No sign yet this year of falling fruits on the one female tree in the row.