Thu 2011-10-06 
A fungus growing on an ear of grass: probably an ergot, Claviceps sp. The most famous Claviceps is C. purpurea which is reputed to have caused for mass poisonings when it got into bread in the middle ages.
Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-09-19.
Wed 2011-10-05 
Another small orange fly: probably Euthycera fumigata (family Sciomyzidae, order Diptera). E. fumigata is the only Eucythera species on the UK checklist.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-09-27.
Tue 2011-10-04 
A black Lauxaniid fly, probably a Calliopum sp (family Lauxaniidae, order Diptera).
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-09-19.
Mon 2011-10-03 
A brown fibrous slime mould, probably a Stemonitis sp, growing on a decaying log.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-10-01.
Sun 2011-10-02 
I am starting to make inroads into my back-log of photos of small orange flies: from last November, this is a Heleomyzid fly, probably a Suillia sp (family Heleomyzidae, order Diptera). Note the small spines along the leading edge of the wing; these are one of the characteristic features of this family.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-11-03.
