Sat 2011-02-19 Ed Yong:
... Regular readers will know that I don’t write from press releases, ...
Ben Goldacre:
... I really think a reference to the original research is important, ...
It would be nice if there was a science news aggregator that only included articles conforming to these two principles.
Sat 2011-02-19 
From last winter: another crust fungus, this time possibly Phlebia rufa. See here for another photo of this species that I took earlier this year.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-02-11.
Fri 2011-02-18 
What I think is a tarcrust fungus, possibly Eutypa spinosa (Spiral tarcrust fungus). This was growing on decaying beech logs just a metre away from the log that I found the 'black hand fungus' on. The little black spheres have a rough texture. Where the tree bark has fallen off, they can form large 'rafts', as shown above; where the bark is still in place they can peep out through cracks like this:
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-02-12 and 2011-02-14, respectively.
Thu 2011-02-17 
A yellow brain fungus, probably Tremella mesenterica, growing on a dead branch of an oak tree.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-02-14.
Wed 2011-02-16 
A few days ago I came across these tiny black 'hands' on a decaying beech log. The 'fingers' were only 2 or 3mm long. Possibly a Eutypella sp.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-02-14.
