Dock Bugs

From three and a half years back: a group of dock bugs, Coreus marginatus (Hemiptera: Coreidae).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-10

Crust Fungus

A grey crust fungus, probably Peniophora cinerea, growing on a fallen beech branch (Fagus sp).

I took the following specimen home with me:

It yielded the following spores (magnification x600, field width 86um):

These are about 9.5 x 3.5um which is at the large end of the range 7-9(-10) x 2.5-3.5um given for Peniophora cinerea given here at MycoBank.

First photo and specimen taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-03-02.

Primrose

A common primrose, Primula vulgaris.

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-03-02.

Hoverfly

A female Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae).  I have seen a few of these over the past few weeks.

Photo taken in Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-03-01.

Snail

A snail of species Cepaea nemoralis.

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-03-01.