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Showing more purple: petunias, Bridgnorth

Showing more purple: petunias, Bridgnorth

The “black” petunias in a tub outside one of the houses on East Castle Street, Bridgnorth. In contrast to their appearance on a previous visit to the town, here the underlying purple of the flowers was showing more strongly.

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Sitting on the fence (common plume moth)

Sitting on the fence (common plume moth)

I don’t know how they fold their wings like that, but this is a common plume moth.

I disturbed it, as it was inconspicuously holed up for the day on my bike. It fluttered, only for a short distance, and landed on the top of a garden fence.

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Small stagshorn fungus on fallen log, Himley Plantation

Small stagshorn fungus on fallen log, Himley Plantation

Fingers of fungus, bright yellow and curling, similar in height to the fronds of the moss they were growing beside. These were small stagshorn on one of the fallen logs in Himley Plantation.

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Waterlilies, not yet open, Fowler’s Park

Waterlilies, not yet open, Fowler's Park

Waterlilies on the pond in Fowler’s Park. In mid-September, when these pictures were taken, the flowers had not yet opened, though they were beginning to go over on some other waters locally.

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White fibrecaps on wood chip mulch

White fibrecaps on wood chip mulch

White fibrecap mushrooms – the ones I notice always seem to be growing on wood chip mulch. These were on the edge of an unmetalled road near the Perton estate.

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Boletes with bolete mould

Boletes with bolete mould

Lots of boletes kicked over (they may have had a better chance of surviving if they hadn’t been growing under trees right outside a junior school). Every one, including this small selection, covered in mould, quite likely bolete mould.