November garden
The sycamores are nearly stripped of leaves. Perched in the highest twigs are goldfinches. Mobile. They puff into the grey sky and circle. A ‘charm’ of around seventy. Chattering amongst themselves then settle again. Another, smaller group in the air now, then settling once more in the highest twigs.
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And beneath our feet we discover twenty one species of fungi with Ann’s help:
- Stinking dappling
Bluing bracket fungus - Yellow curtain crust,
- Redlead Roundhead
- Candle snuff,
- Bluing brackets
- Silver leaf fungus
- Jelly ear
- Crystal brain
- Dead man’s fingers
- Wax cap
- Crepidotis
- Clustered bonnet
Silver leaf fungus - Another bonnet?
- Psatherella
- Scurfy twiglets
- Clouded funnel cap
- Deer shield
- Turkey tail
- Glistening ink cap
- Shaggy ink cap
- Common rust gill
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| Glistening ink cap |
Rob
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