Monday
Dec162013
Funnel Mushroom
Mon 2013-12-16 
From 4 years ago: a reddish funnel mushroom, probably Clitocybe sinopica.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2009-12-13.
Entries from December 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Mon 2013-12-16 Sunday
Dec152013
Jelly Fungus
Sun 2013-12-15 
A yellow jelly fungus, probably Tremella mesenterica, growing on a branch that had fallen from a tree.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-12-14.
Saturday
Dec142013
Crust Fungus
Sat 2013-12-14 
A brown crust fungus, possibly a Hypoxylon sp. I was unable to get any spores from it.
Sample taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-12-25.
Friday
Dec132013
Another Tachinid Fly
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.
Thursday
Dec122013
Tachinid Fly
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.
