Tue 2011-01-18 
What I think is smoky bracket fungus, Bjerkandera adusta, on a decaying log. The distinctive grey pore surface is characteristic of this species. See here for some more mature growths of this fungus from last spring.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-15.
Mon 2011-01-17 
Coral spot fungus (Nectria cinnabarina) on a fallen twig. These light pink blobs are the asexual stage in the life of this fungus; the sexual stage consists of clusters of smaller red blobs, like those shown here.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-15.
Sun 2011-01-16 
A yellow brain fungus, probably Tremella mesenterica, on a birch twig (I think). According to Sterry and Hughes (Collins Complete Guide to British Mushrooms and Toadstools, 2009), T. mesenterica is parasitic on the mycelium of Peniophora fungi. The similar T. aurantia parasitizes the mycelium of Stereum hirsutum.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-15.
Sat 2011-01-15 
This moth flew in through our open living room window one warm evening last summer. It is a treble brown spot moth, Idaea trigeminata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).
Photo taken in Reading, UK, on 2010-06-26.
Fri 2011-01-14 
From yesterday's walk round the lakes: silverleaf fungus (Chondrostereum purpureum) growing on a tree stump.
Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-13.
