A couple of local excursions over an extended weekend.
I checked Tyrrel's Wood first with fungi in mind. There were a few fruiting bodies emerging but still not very many. Inspecting some Fenugreek Stalkballs on a gnarly old birch I found what was the best sighting of the morning - c5 False Ladybirds. These ladybird lookalikes are fungus feeders and the first I've seen locally. On a fence further round I also found Autumn Spider, Metellina segmentata. Fungi included a bit of a mystery pale orange one on a fallen birch that may prove to be Phyllotopsis nidulans, False Death Cap, Amethyst Deceiver, Brown Rollrim, Bleeding Broadleaf Crust, Peniophora quercina, Birch Polypore, Fairy Inkcap and Ochre Brittlegill plus Common Script Lichen.
Fast forward to Saturday and a long walk around Wortham Ling starting and finishing at Roydon. Nothing too much to report except Mycena Mould (a new one for me), Alder Bracket, Yellow Brain and a small colony of Ivy Bees.
