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Drumboe Wood.

 

Light showers.

This is the mine of the micromoth Stigmella tityrella on Beech. It is differentiated from similar family members by the curled dung or 'frass' in the middle section of the mine.

    

The Hairy Beech Gall - Hartigiola annulipes.

 

Autumn is setting in. The Birch part of the path is covered in leaves.

One of the very few fungi seen today: a small (2mm cap) Mycena type on dead Bramble.

    

I could look at this picture for ages. There is an old stump at the edge of the path, and it is covered with lichens, other fungi and mosses. This image has (at least) Cladonia portentosa (extreme left, extreme right and rear), Cladonia polydactyla (centre), Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (left and foreground), Polytrichum formosum (right).

 

More cladonias from the edge of the stump. Cladonia fimbriata, I think.

 

Later, up at the local forestry, Helvella crispa, one of the more bizarre fungi. About 12cm. tall.

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