Entries by Tristram Brelstaff (3026)

Friday
Oct252013

White Jelly Fungus

What I think is Phlebia tremellosa.  It was growing on earth that had decaying wood embedded in it.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-10-20.

Thursday
Oct242013

Magpie Mushroom

A young magpie mushroom, Coprinopsis picacea (= Coprinus picaceus).

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-10-20.

Wednesday
Oct232013

Scaly Yellow Mushrooms

A cluster of Pholiota sp, probably Pholiota squarrosoides, based on the viscid surface of their caps.

They were growing out of the sawn end of a felled tree trunk:

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-10-20.

Tuesday
Oct222013

Greenish-White Mushroom

What I think is the white variant of the false deathcap, Amanita citrina.  Its cap had a very faint greenish tinge but this does not show up well in these photos.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-10-20.

Monday
Oct212013

Blue Fly

From the summer of 2012: a small blue fly, probably a female Melinda sp (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-07-15.