A male seal came and the female ones chased it away.
this pic is of the male

Gannets

There were a lot of Gannets, I saw them diving for fish.

Parasol

This is a Parasol Mushroom.
It can get up to 30 cm long!

St George park

Today I'm blogging about...a park BUT there is more fungi then you would think in a park,
I have seen lots of inkcaps there. Below are some other fungi I have seen.

Chicken Of The Woods.

this is a Weeping widow.

Unknown

we are not sure what this fungi is, It might be a Pinkgill, it was big, it's cap was 10 to 15 cm
across and it's spore print was brown.

Prince

I found a mushroom called the Prince
Agaricus augustus
it is quite rare, we found it in Ashton Court (a country estate near bristol)
It is a prized edible species...but I did not eat it.
The Prince is a related species to the mushrooms you wood see in most supermarkets.

Kew

This week I visited Kew Gardens.
I was luckily enough to meet with a mycologist.
She showed me a mushroom called Darwin's Fungus,
the laboratory she works in and the fungarium. This contains over 1 million specimens,
including 45,000 types.

I did not take any pics when I met the mycologist in Jodrell Lab.

These following pictures are from the rest of my day.

Cactus place.

Orchids in the Princess Of Wales Conservatory.

Butterflys in The Princess Of Wales Conservatory.

Hellebores in the plot.

This is a japanese Maple bonzai tree.

This tree is called a Mountain Gum

We went up the Tree Top Walkway, it is 18 meters above the ground. It is this high so you can
experience tree top life.

Below the Tree Top Walkway.

On the Tree Top Walkway.

A Peacock on a bench...strange.

This bridge is called Sackler Crossing.

Some cute Coot chicks.

Palm house.