The pleated caps are a hint that these are some species of inkcaps. The general shape and size suggests glistening inkcaps, but they are usually a more subdued brown.
Autumn fungi: lone meadow waxcap
Standing in the middle of a front lawn, its bright orange colour making it stand out despite it’s size, a single meadow waxcap.
Autumn fungi: more red cracking boletes
A mushroom which seems to be cropping up even more often than usual this autumn: red cracking boletes.
Autumn fungi: mouldy mushroom
The original mushrooms looked like they may have been up for some time, and got into a state were they were already hard to identify confidently. The patina of mould didn’t help.
Autumn fungi: veiled oyster fungus
One of the less common types of oyster fungus, this one is a veiled oyster fungus.
Autumn flowers: cut leafed dead nettle
Growing in the gap between a garden wall and the pavement, this a a cut-leaved dead nettle. It’s not actually a nettle, and “dead” in that it doesn’t sting.
