Entries from January 1, 2011 - January 31, 2011

Saturday
Jan082011

Bonnet Mushroom

A bonnet mushroom, a Mycena sp, possibly a snapping bonnet, Mycena vitilis, growing on a twig in a pile of logs.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-05.

 

Friday
Jan072011

Wrinkled Crust Fungus

Wrinkled crust fungus Phlebia radiata growing on a fallen oak branch.

In one of the patches of this fungus there were these two orange outgrowths:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-05.

Thursday
Jan062011

Eyelash Fungus

An eyelash fungus, a Scutellinia sp., probably Scutellinia scutellata.  They are called eyelash fungi because of the small hairs around their edges.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2011-01-05.

Wednesday
Jan052011

Grey Disco Fungus

From last spring: a grey disco fungus, probably Mollisia cinerea.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-04-05.

Tuesday
Jan042011

Automatic Type Coercion

When I write PHP code to read in a user name or email address, I do not expect the run-time system to attempt to convert it into a denormalized double-length floating-point number.