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Riverside tansy

Riverside tansy

Tansy, flowering earlier this month on a plant growing by the footpath along the River Avon, just outside Stratford on Avon.

Riverside tansy

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Blue roundhead, colour very faded

Blue roundhead, colour very faded

I never previously noticed blue roundhead (Stropharia caerulea) mushrooms before. But this autumn, they seem to be popping up all over the place. The blue colour on these was very faded, or rather literally washed out after lots of heavy rain.

Pictures taken on a return visit to a site where these mushrooms had previously been much more vivid in hue

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Early morning rainbow

Early morning rainbow

Rain to the west, shortly after sunrise. The result, an early morning rainbow which was both brighter and bigger than normal.

Early morning rainbow

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West Park tufties back for the winter

West Park tufties back for the winter

West Park with its lake provides a winter haven for a few wildfowl living in the area. Each year a small flock, perhaps ten or a dozen, tufted ducks forms as the weather begins to get harder. They are now starting to gather.

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Oak Mazegill (possibly), Himley Plantation

Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina

Mazegills, bracket fungi which grow on the trunks of trees. Their undersides look like a complex maze. That’s the gills where the spores are released. This may be an oak mazegill (Daedalea quercina), on a fallen trunk in Himley Plantation.

Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina

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Blusher on a lawn

Blusher on a lawn

Growing on the front lawn in front of a block of flats, the blusher. A mushroom which turns pale pink when cut or bruised.