Bright red autumn leaf colours of a cherry tree in Bantock Park.
Honey fungus, Railway Walk, Finchfield; Himley Plantation
Honey fungus only just beginning to form a cluster of fruiting bodies. Seen from above and the side, growing on a tree stump beside the Railway Walk at Finchfield. The final picture is of a more mature clump of honey fungus growing on a stump in Himley P;antation.
Tiny candlesnuff fungi
Candlesnuff fungi, a fraction of an inch tall, growing from a fallen log by the side of the Railway Walk. These were only a few days old. I’d checked the same log less than a week earlier, with no signs of fungi.
Climbing up the branch: fir cones
A mass of fir cones, growing upwards from the branch in close formation, on one of the three tall conifers at the back of Compton Lock. All three trees are covered in these ripening cones.
Glistening inkcaps crowding together
A small wood in the grounds of the former (plant) nursery by the Railway Walk at Finchfield has recently been opened up with footpaths. Here the stump of a tree covered in glistening inkcap mushrooms.
Water mint with bee, Wightwick Manor
Water mint on the pond at Wightwick Manor, the flowers attracting a visiting bee.
