Fri 2013-12-13 
From back in September: a Siphona sp (Diptera: Tachinidae). Its feeding siphon is folded back under its chin.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-10.
Thu 2013-12-12 
From back in August: a Nowickia ferox (Diptera: Tachinidae). It seems that the yellow palps distinguish N. ferox from the other Nowickia species (but, as we only get ferox in the UK, this fact is not of much practical use here).
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-26.
Wed 2013-12-11 
From back in mid-summer: a plant gall on the underside of a nettle leaf (Urtica dioica), probably caused by the fungus Puccinia urticata.
Photo taken Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-29.
Tue 2013-12-10 
Brackets of Bjerkandera adusta growing on the end of a horse chestnut log (Aesculus hippocastanum).
The pore surface is grey and there are about 7 pores per mm. This agrees with the 6-7 per m given here. The similar Bjekandera fumosa has a white spore surface and only 2-5 pores per mm (see here)
The spores are about 4 x 2.5um (the field of view is about 86um wide). This agrees with the 4.5–5.5 x 2.5–3um given here.
And the hyphae have clamp connections:
First photo and specimen taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-12-07.
Mon 2013-12-09 
A wet rot fungus , probably Coniophora puteana. It was growing on the end of a log cut from a horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum).
Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-11-30.
