The Magpie's Hoard

Three cheers for fungi

Three of my photos appear in the Winter 2011 edition of Plantlife Magazine.

The images are used to illustrate an article titled 'Three cheers for fungi' by mycologist Roy Watling.

You can view more photos of fungi on my website.

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Tooth Fungi

On a recent visit to Abernethy Forest in the Scottish Highlands, I came across a number of specimens of tooth fungi (Hydnellum sp.).

According to 'Mushrooms' by Roger Phillips, at least four different species of Hydnellum occur in Scottish pine woods. As I am still very much a novice when it comes to identifying fungi, I couldn't decide whether I was looking at several different species or the same species at different stages in its development!

Harebell

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia).

Photographed near Dale Dike Reservoir, South Yorkshire.

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Red Admiral

Here are a couple more shots of red admirals from Wednesday's visit to Deep Dale:

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Deep Dale Butterflies

Yesterday I paid another visit to the Plantlife nature reserve at Deep Dale in Derbyshire.

The lower parts of the dale were covered in a violet-blue haze of devil's-bit scabious. Butterflies, bees and other nectar-feeding insects seem to find the flowers irresistible. I counted 15 red admirals on one patch!

Other species of butterfly visiting the flowers included peacock, meadow brown, small copper and dark green fritillary.

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