23rd September |
Original Hedgerow, leg 1.
Dull and showery. |
The seedhead of Greater Birds-foot Trefoil, showing the origin of the name. |
A fantastic minute (3mm) Chrysomelid beetle on Bramble. |
This gall has been ubiquitous on Nettle over the years, but I still don't have an id for it. |
An excellent Panaeolous that is 'hygrophanous' - dark when wet and pale when dry. This grows all along the hedgerow in grass under Hawthorn. Closest to Panaeolus rickenii. Note the tiny black mites on the stipe in the left-hand shot.
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Examination of the underside revealed this pale millipede eating gill edges.
And here's a close-up of one of the tiny black mites. Perhaps 1.5 mm long. |
Snowberry has now fruited. These are locally called 'scooterberries', due to the fact that the seeds can be squeezed out at speed by compressing the fruit between your fingers. Another school playground 'weapon'. |
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