Sun 2011-11-06 
From back in mid-summer: a female Terellia tussilaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) on burdock (Arctium sp).
And this is a male and female, also on burdock, from the previous summer.
First photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-22; second one taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-26.
Sat 2011-11-05 
From back in early summer: a female Urophora stylata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a thistle (Cirsium sp).
And from the same patch of thistles, a male and female mating:
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-06-02.
Fri 2011-11-04 
Small blue-topped mushrooms, probably oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus), growing on a decaying log. This is what their gills look like:
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-11-03.
Thu 2011-11-03 
Pyralid moth Endotricha flammealis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). This is a rather drab example of what is a rather variably-coloured species. Here is a brighter one.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-07-23.
Wed 2011-11-02 
What I think is sulphur tuft fungus, Hypholoma fasciculare, growing on a tree trunk.
Within a week of me taking these photos this tree was cut down. It stood beside one of the main paths through the Wilderness and I had noticed a year ago that one side was so badly decayed that it was probably going to come down sometime soon. Whenever I walked past it I would always speed up a little to minimize the chance of it falling on me. But now it's down, the log and branches will be good sites for finding wood-loving flies.
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whitekights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-10-05.
