Drumboe Wood, in search of ferns and the Silver-Washed Fritillary.
Bright, with some drizzle.
A couple of specimens of this Wood Sage were growing at the base of a Beech Tree. Individual flowers about 8 mm tall.
This Amanita rubescens (The Blusher) was growing on a bank of earth under Beech.
** This fungus is dangerously poisonous when eaten raw **
Last year I showed a broken down sample of Scleroderma citrinum - an earthball - from this spot, so I suspect this is an early view of that species.
This is a slightly later stage of the Lycoperdon perlatum from last week.
The Wild Angelica has opened at last. Now the insect pictures will start in earnest.
