Magpie Mushroom

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Dark Ladybird Beetle

A 7-spot ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with an unusually dark red colour.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-10.