Longhorn Moth

From last spring: a male Adela reaumurella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) longhorn moth on a cowslip flower (Primula veris).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-29.

Coltsfoot

Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, one of the few flowers already out in this cool spring.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-03-29.

Black Hand Fungus

Small spiny fruiting bodies of a Diatrypaceae fungus, possibly a Eutypella sp, growing on a birch twig (Betula sp).  The spines were only 1 - 2mm long:

Unfortunately I was unable to get any spores.

First photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-03-29.

Fungus

A yellow bracket fungus with a hairy upper surface, probably Stereum hirsutum.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-08-15.

Yet another Longhorn Moth

Longhorn moth Cauchas rufimitrella = Adela rufimitrella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae).

First photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-05-13, Second photo taken Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, 2012-05-12.