Fungi

 With a break in the weather, we ventured out for a walk in the woods.

The first point of interest was a sociable Crow who was posing for its photograph.  However, the main aim of this walk for me was to see what local Fungi are fruiting at this time of year.

This small Boletus will no doubt expand into a sizeable mushroom in a day or so.

The Inkcap is a typical meadow and woodland edge fungus that is quite common locally.

This Lactarius is a common roll edged fungus found in woodland areas.

Piptoporus betulinus is a bracket fungus found almost exclusively on Birch trees and is called the Birch Bracket fungus.

The common Puffball Scleroderma species is often found in the woodlands

A more common woodland species is the Sulphur Tuft.

And of interest is this wood decomposing species of Antler fungus, Xylaria.

These examples of local fungi are interesting, but I did not find any selectively edible species for the pot.  Perhaps next time......