Wolves Wild

Black bulgar which was growing on a tree felled by the tiny pond, Bantock Park. It had been growing quite high on the tree, possibly not visible from the ground before the felling. A few days after these pictures were taken, so was the felled wood – only a very low stump now remains.

Collared earth stars growing by the footpath along the Penk at Perton.

I took these shots on two visits, a week and a half of so apart. No visible signs of change in the fungi between these two occasions, other than a sharp drop in number. On my first visit there had been eight or nine. Second visit (last five pics) this was down to two. I doubt it was vandalism – the fungi are quite inconspicuous.

The mist that morning had only been light, and was already beginning to rise. Still, it slightly muted the autumn colours of the leaves of the trees along the canal where Tunstall Water Bridge carries the Smestow Brook across the canal.

Two purple brittlegill mushrooms on the lawn in front of the flats opposite Bantock Park, a lanw which seems to produce a variety of mushroom species. These sometimes also called purple russulas.

A beech and a hornbeam, Bantock Park, back when the leaves had turned to their autumn colours, but while most were still on their trees.

A cormorant flying high, following the River Avon downstream over Stratford. Presumably heading for a less disturbed stretch of the waters.