Jelly Ear Fungus

Jelly ear fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae, growing on a decaying log.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-02-19.

Moss

A moss that I haven't identified growing on an old tree stump.  The water droplets on the stalks are overnight dew. The black sporophytes (lower centre) appear to turn brown (upper centre) before bursting open (see top left) and scattering their spores.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-03-23.

White Slime Mould

The white sporangia of an, as yet unidentified, slime mould growing on a decaying leaf.  The following photo shows that their stalks are also white:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-03-18.

Fly

From last spring: a fly, possibly Pegomya bicolor (Diptera: Anthomyiidae).  The thin abdomen probably indicates that this is male.

I seem to remember that it was this photo that made me realise that I might not be completely wasting my time photographing flies, that I might get more than a blur if I took care.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK on 2009-04-24.

King Alfred's Cakes Fungus

Another photo of King Alfred's cakes fungus, Daldinia concentrica, this time with a section cut out of it to show the characteristic concentric black an white layers.  Note also that this specimen is not as black on the outside as the those in my previous post on this fungus.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-03-13.

Update on Tue 2010-03-23 by Tristram Brelstaff

For more on this fungus see this post at Phil Gates' Beyond the Human Eye blog.