19th October |
Drumboe woods. I've based the whole day's page on a single fungus.
Rain for much of the day. |
When I first saw this cluster I thought Armillaria gallica - a Honey Fungus, but couldn't be absolutely sure - the caps were still tightly closed. Caps about 1 cm. across.
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Then further on I saw this mature group and confirmed my id. Notice the yellow fly (about 1 cm. long). It's just visible to the top left of the left-hand image, too. I noticed it was reluctant to leave the fungus, even though I approached very closely for the macro shots.
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Here she is, ovipositing on the gills of the Armillaria. |
A close inspection of the underside of the fungus revealed these 2 eggs: Tentative id for the fly is Phaonia rufiventris. |
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