Mosses are plants which date back to an era before flowers were evolved. The swellings at the end of these stalks growing from a patch of moss will develop the spores which are spread for the next generation of the plant. This particular clump of moss was growing conveniently a little below eye level on the top of a stone wall on the Compton Road.
This fungus was growing in the flower bed by the underpass leading to the Molineux stadium.
This interesting looking fungus was growing by the base of one of the trees planted near the edge of the pavement at the top end of Tettenhall Road.
CORRECTION: identified by Lukas Large as possibly honey fungi
The male flowers of a hazel bush, with a leaf bud visible where they fork off from the main twig.
One of the simple pleasures of the good old days: dogs tear a bear to pieces to provide a spectator sport suitable for a female audience.
This portrayal on a misericord is in the old parish church in Enville.
The remains of one of the plants from last year.
One of the sets of antlers and the hobby horse head as used in the annual Abbot’s Bromley Horn Dance, held on the Monday which falls between September 6th and September 12th (inclusive).
The antlers have been carbon dated as originating in the eleventh century; the hobby horse is a modern copy of a medieval original.
The antlers and horse can be seen in the village church when not in use.
This unusually-proportioned mushroom was growing near a bramble bush in Hawthorn Wood, a patch of woodland in the Smestow Valley LNR off Hordern Road. Despite its distinctive shape, I haven’t managed to identify its species.
These pictures were taken in Parkdale, off the Tettenhall Road, about an hour before an early December sunrise.
These bunches of mistletoe were growing on trees within the ring road in the centre of Coventry. The one above was on a tree between the university and the cathedrals.
These bunches were near the top end of Warwick Road. The Greyfriars spire can be seen in the background below.
