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Local garden.

 

Dull and damp.

The small straight-shelled snail Clausilia bidentata.

One of two difficult-to-separate fungi. Either Coprinus lagopus or Coprinus lagopides.

 

The much easier to identify Waxcap Hygrocybe calyptriformis.

Another Waxcap: Hygrocybe psittacina. The younger specimen is always a more intense green than the older one.

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An excellent mine of the micromoth Stigmella tityrella on Beech. Unfortunately for the moth, the mine is not nearly as long as usual, and is 'confused' towards the end. I strongly suspect this larva has been parasitised. I can pinpoint the spot of parasitisation: the highest point visible on the mine. After that, the frass suddenly becomes randomly dispersed and the mine becomes less focussed in direction.

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