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Autumn fungi: lone meadow waxcap

Autumn fungi: lone meadow waxcap

Standing in the middle of a front lawn, its bright orange colour making it stand out despite it’s size, a single meadow waxcap.

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Autumn fungi: more red cracking boletes

Autumn fungi: more red cracking boletes

A mushroom which seems to be cropping up even more often than usual this autumn: red cracking boletes.

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Autumn fungi: mouldy mushroom

Autumn fungi: mouldy mushroom

The original mushrooms looked like they may have been up for some time, and got into a state were they were already hard to identify confidently. The patina of mould didn’t help.

Autumn fungi: mouldy mushroom
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Autumn fungi: veiled oyster fungus

Autumn fungi: veiled oyster fungus

One of the less common types of oyster fungus, this one is a veiled oyster fungus.

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Autumn flowers: cut leafed dead nettle

Autumn flowers: cut leafed dead nettle

Growing in the gap between a garden wall and the pavement, this a a cut-leaved dead nettle. It’s not actually a nettle, and “dead” in that it doesn’t sting.

Autumn flowers: cut leafed dead nettle
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Autumn fungi: sulfur tuft on a stump

Autumn fungi: sulfur tuft on a stump

Growing on a tree stump, and contributing to the recycling of its material, sulfur tuft mushrooms. There’s a chance these can be found through the winter, with a bright colour which makes them easier to spot.