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Fly agaric, dingy

Fly agaric, dingy

Stunted and dingy fly agaric mushroom growing in a flower bed by Chapel Ash roundabout. The cap is possibly coated in mud thrown up by this autumn’s frequent heavy rains.

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Glistening inkcaps / turkey tail

Glistening inkcaps

Glistening inkcap mushrooms and turkey tail bracket fungi growing close together by the base of one of the trees in West Park.

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Circular feeding: shovellers

Circular feeding: shovellers

Shovellers, another species of ducks where a small flock gather on the sheltered municipal lakes like this at West Park for the winter. They feed by swimming round in tight circles, their beaks just under the surface of the water.

Circular feeding: shovellers

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Mistle thrush searching

Mistle thrush searching

Mistle thrush searching one of the patches of short grass near the West Park bandstand, after tasty morsels.

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Parasol mushroom, just emerging

Parasol mushroom, just emerging

Parasol species mushroom, just emerging in then shadow of one of the hedges in Bantock Park. It was too soon to see what type of parasol it was.

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Fly agarics by a main road, Wombourne

Fly agarics by a main road, Wombourne

Group of fly agaric mushrooms growing in short grass under birch trees by a main road in Wombourne.