Fungi Around Pensford

    Looks like Orange Milkcap

    Amethyst Deceiver

    A very nice Stags-horn.

    Hare's-foot Inkcap.

    Brown Roll rim.

    Field Mushroom.

The Lake District and the Local Woods

    A few weeks ago we went to the Lake District, We had a great time. Here are some of the things we         found:

    A carnivorous plant,  Common Butterwort!
    Pinguicula vulgaris

    Red-Breasted Merganser.
    Mergus serrator

    Yellow Pimpernel
    Lysimachia nemorum

    Glistening Inkcap
    Coprinellus micaceus

    Unknown, possibly Bog Bell. Galerina Paludosa.

    Greater Spotted Woodpecker on a bird feeder.

    Very nice Match-stick lichen

    Unknown Butterfly, a Fritillary of some type?

    All of the following were taken in the Leigh Woods area near Bristol.

    Common Spotted Orchid.
    Dactylorhiza fuchsii

    Lesser Butterfly-orchid! This Orchid is rare and in decline.
    Platanthera bifolia

    Pyramidal Orchid.

    Anacamptis pyramidalis

Finds at Ashton Court and near Bath.

    Germander Speedwell
    Veronica chamaedrys.

    Red Campion
    Silene dioica.

    Hmm, no, I can't tell what type this is...

    Dryads Saddle
    Polyporus squamosus

    Green Winged Orchid!
    Anacamptis morio

    I was going to say that this is the white variation, but normal white variations are more white than this.

    Tormentil 
    Potentilla erecta

    St George's Mushroom
    Calocybe gambosa
   

Finds in the Leigh Woods Area

    A Peregrine Falcon!
    Falco peregrinus

    Orange Tip butterfly

    Anthocharis cardamines

    Lots of Ransoms
    Allium ursinum

    Also lots of Bluebell
    Hyacinthoides non-scripta

    St George's Mushroom!

    Calocybe gambosa

Finds From the Past Week.

    I bought myself an new camera! It's a Fujifilm Finepix HS30exr capable of 1cm macro focusing and 

    a max zoom of 720mm (30x).

    Here are some pictures over the past week taken with it:

    A classic Lesser Celandine
    Ranunculus repens

    Common Lungwort
    Pulmonaria officinalis

    Greater Stitchwort
    Stellaria holostea

    Greater Celandine
    Chelidonium majus

    Ramsons
    Allium ursinum

    Native Bluebell
    Scilla non-scripta

    Primrose
    Primula vulgaris

    Stinking Hellebore
    Helleborus foetidus

    Goldilocks Buttercup

    Ranunculus auricomus

Wild Devon.

We hired a cottage in Devon for a few days.

I really enjoyed my time there! :-D

Here are the things we saw on our walks:

    A very nice Wood Blewit (not growing in woods). :-p
    Lepista nuda.

    I'm pretty sure these are White Spindles.
    Clavaria fragilis.

    A greeny-grey Parrot Waxcap.
    Hygrocybe psittacina.

    Apricot Club.
    Clavulinopsis luteoalba.

    Parasol!
    Macrolepiota procera.

    Two very nice waterfalls! :-)

    Crimson Waxcap, it looks really nice.
    Hygrocybe punicea.

    A very nice, green Parrot Waxcap.

    Geoglossum cookeanum.
    Occasional.

    Yellow Fieldcap.
    Bolbitius titubans.

    We saw these on the beach, I think a type of worm makes them. I'm no expert though. ;)

    A Starfish!

    Nice Meadow Coral.

    Clavulinopsis corniculata.

    Meadow Waxcap.
    Hygrocybe pratensis.