Fungus

Puffball fungus Lycoperdon pyriforme (=Morganella pyriformis) growing on a decaying log.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-11-02.

Fungus

What is probably dyer's mazegill fungus, Phaeolus schweinitzii, growing on a conifer stump.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-09-28.

Fungus

Fungus Phlebia radiata growing on beech log (Fagus sp).  The yellow patch to the left is a slime mould, probably Badhamia utricularis.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-11-08.

Fungus

A rust fungus, probably the aecial form of Phragmidium violaceum, growing on bramble a leaf (Rubus sp). 

On the upper surface of the leaf the fungus appears as purple blotches:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-09-14.

Fly

A female Limnophora tigrina (Diptera:Muscidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-08-03.