Sunday
Dec072014

Fly

A female Eustalomyia hilaris (Diptera: Anthomyiidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-25.

Saturday
Dec062014

Fly

Dryomyza anilis = Neuroctena anilis (Diptera: Dryomyzidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-19

Friday
Dec052014

Fungus

What I think are Chondrostereum purpureum (pale purple and brown) and Stereum hirsutum (yellow) growing on the end of a felled oak trunk (Quercus robur).

Here is a patch of C. purpureum growing out of a crack in the wood:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-11-29.

Thursday
Dec042014

Fungus

Fruiting bodies of the fungus Bulgaria inquinans growing on a felled oak tree (Quercus robur).

The less mature fruiting bodies have a brown crust:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-11-29.

Wednesday
Dec032014

Fungus

Pink jelly fungus Ascocoryne scarcoides growing on the end of a birch log (Betula sp).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-11-29.