Clustering in bunches on the bushes, the berries on purple beautyberries live up to their name. These in West Park, between the floral display area and the lake.
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Collared earthstar by a quiet road
Merridale Grove, a narrow and quiet street, so small I must have passed it hundreds of times over they years without even noticing it’s there and, it turned out, closed off with a gate at the Finchfield Road end.
Underneath a roadside hedge mainly formed of leylandii, a collared earthstar.
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Colours (acer, Finchfield)
An acer in a garden opposite Bantock Park which had still kept most of its leaves late last month. And such a striking combination of autumn colours.
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Brittlestem and more
Brittlestem mushrooms, possibly conical brittlestems – though conical caps are usual on brittlestems.
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Reflections (Canada geese in puddle)
Towards the end of last month, a series of nights with heavy rain left West Park with extensive puddles. Some of the Canada geese headed straight to wade in the water, stooping down to drink the water, or perhaps to sift the mud for something edible.
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Rufous milkcap, possibly
About an inch tall, with a cap and stem already nibbled by snails and slugs, a mushroom growing on a front lawn. ID’d by iNaturalist as a rufous milkcap.
