Muscid Fly

A female Thricops diaphanus (Diptera: Muscidae) on a fungus, possibly Amillaria mellea.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-20.

Bug

Capsid bug Grypocoris stysi (Hemiptera: Miridae).

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-06-29.

Fungus

The conidial (asexual) form of a Nectria sp fungus, probably Nectria cinnabarina, growing on twig.

It yielded these spores (magnification x600, field width 86um):

These are about 8.5x2.5um which agrees with the 5-10(-12) x 1.5-3 µm given for the conidiospores of N. cinnabarina given on this page at Mycobank.

Fungus

Crust fungus Phellinus ferreus (= Fuscoporia ferrea).

I took this specimen:

This yielded the following spores (magnification x600, field width 86um).

These are about 5x2um which is consistent with the 5–6.5 x 2–2.5um for Phellinus ferreus given at Rogers Mushrooms.

First photo and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-02-11.

Fungus

A Peniophora sp fungus, probably Peniophora quercina, growing on an oak twig.

It yielded these spores (magnification x600, field width 86um):

These are about 10x3um which is consistent with the 8–12 x 3–4um given for P. quercina at  RogersMushrooms.

First photo and specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-12-24.