The mystic woods are really coming into their own now, but one of these mushrooms is a spoof! Can you spot it?
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| Uber-scarce young Violet Webcap click on any image to enlarge |
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| Bitter Beech Bolette |
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| Death Cap |
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| Saffron Puffball |
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| Fly Agaric (sans faeries or gnomes) |
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| Emergent Magpie Inkcap |
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| Sulphur Knight click on any image to enlarge |
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| Stump Fairy Helmet |
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| Saffrondrop Bonnet |
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| Glistening Inkcap |
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| Butter Cap |
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| Russet Toughshank click on any image to enlarge |
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| Lilac Bonnet |
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| Sheathed Woodtuft |
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| Magpie Inkcap |
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| Deer Shield |
For the next six weeks or so they will be out in all weathers, not just when the sun shines.
They always "show well", are never "elusive" and don't fly off just before you get there.
What is there not to like?
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| Lilac Bonnet click on any image to enlarge |
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| Golden-haired Inkcap |
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| Deer Shield |
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| Winter Fungus |
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| Common Funnel |
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| Willow Emerald Damselfly (male) |
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| Willow Emeralds (tandem pair) |
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| Willow Emeralds (tandem pair) |
1 Wasp Spider, a different individual from the August one.
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| Wasp Spider |
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| Wasp Dinner |
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| The Chiltern Gentian one of our rarest wildflowers growing in the meadow at Bald Hill (which in my case is very appropriate) |
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| The Silver Spotted Skipper Butterfly one of our rarest butterflies. |
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| The beautiful Dusky Sallow Moth. |
