Dry and bright early, then rain.
One of my favourite
places. This path is on a long and high south-facing slope in old
deciduous woodland. The woodland drops steeply to the left and rises
steeply to the right.
We're usually tracked by a pair of Ravens at this point.
An excellent place for fungi, with a widely different species profile for each side of the path. The right-hand side has a tall earth wall cut into the hillside, and is home to gems such as the Tiger's Eye - Coltricia perennis:
A new species for this location: Clitocybe nebularis - the Cloud fungus. Caps quite large - about 8 cm. on the RHS specimen.
A very common species: Collybia butyracea - the Butter Cap.
Crepidotus applanatum is very common on dead twigs. This is on Gorse. Specimen about 12mm across. Surprisingly, these have brown spores, as the RHS image suggests.
I think I just got a new favourite picture.
One of the few Mycenas I can get to species fairly reliably: Mycena archangelicus.
Another Clitocybe relative: The Goblet - Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis.
Meruliopsis corium is very common on Gorse.
A nice little portrait of Mycena galopus var. candida. The tallest specimen has a cap about 12mm across.
I'm not sure whether this Rhododendron flower-bud is late or early.
A very odd little millipede ran quickly over a Beech leaf. Strange protuberances on its back.
