Showing posts with label Crystal ball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crystal ball. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2025

Miscellany of Fungi from Brandon and Santon Downham

 On Saturday at Brandon, I used a UV light on a variety of toadstools and must research what causes the consistent different colours that are emitted under this light source. At Santon Downham was well as finding a wide range of new species, we tried using a smoke machine and a crystal ball with some of the toadstools growing on the abundant branches and in the pine cones. I photographed what I thought was a small beetle and it turned out to be a sheep tick while the white '?gall' from Saturday is a Sputnick Spider's egg sac. 

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Autumn Through a Crystal Ball

The fungi are still amazing in my local wood so another sunset visit was in order. Before the sun got to desired low point, I played around with a crystal ball - not at all easy to get an in-focus image that worked! The Parasols are drying up a bit now but worth this second visit.