Autumn creepy-crawlies: harvestman

Autumn creepy-crawlies: harvestman

It’s going to get called a daddy-long-legs, but count how many legs it’s got: eight not six. An arachnid not an insect. Possibly an Oligolophus hansenii, and if so, not particularly common.

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.

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

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.