Butterbur

From last April: butterbur, Petasites hybridus.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 203-04-14.

Yellowish Crust Fungus

An unidentified yellowish crust fungus on a branch fallen from a beech tree (Fagus sp).

I took this specimen home with me:

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

These are about 13 x 6um.

First photo and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-02-15.

Crust Fungus

A white crust fungus with pores, probably a Schizopora sp, possibly Schizopora flavipora or Schizopora paradoxa.

I took this specimen:

And it yielded the following spores (magnification x600, field width about 86um):

These are about 4 x 3um which is at the lower end of the ranges most frequently given for S. flavipora and S. paradoxa.

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

Another Tephritid Fly

From last summer: another Urophora stylata (Diptera: Tephritidae), this time a female.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-23.

Tephritid Fly

Also from a year and a half ago: a male Urophora stylata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a thistle head (Cirsium sp).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-07-13.