One fly agaric mushroom, under the conifers at the edge of the pitch and putt course in Bantock Park. Now we’ve had the first frost, it’s likely to be next year before there’s any more around.
Tawny funnel caps Bantock Park
Tawny funnel cap mushrooms growing right alongside the edge of a hedge of beech bushes, Bantock Park. Quite common in autumn, and, like lots of mushrooms, very variable in form and colour.
Teazle seed heads (semi-silhouette)
Seed-heads from the teazles growing by the wetland area, Compton Park, seen in silhouette or semi-silhouette from the footbridge.
Muscovy preening, Perton
Perton on a chilly misty morning. The resident muscovy drake by the inlet to the large pool, the spot where people come to feed the birds. It wasn’t the sort of weather where people were coming to get rid of their unused bread, so the duck was methodically preening its feathers.
Common jelly spot on footbridge
Common jelly fungus can indeed be found often, and at any time of year. This was on the footbridge over the pool at Compton Park. Not a good sign for the long-term future of the bridge: the fungus lives on damp, decaying wood.
Earth tongues (genus Geoglossum) and bonnets (genus Mycena)
More tiny fungi just rising up through the short grass of a lawn. Earth tongues, black, velvety-looking and yes, perhaps, slightly resembling tongues. I’d have had to get a lot closer to try to work out which precise species they were. Growing intermingled with them were bonnets, a more conventional mushroom shape, delicate-looking on their slender stems.
The lawn they were on was in front of one of the houses in a quiet cul de sac.