Sunlit Winter Woodland

Rory's Wood at Paxton was looking its best this afternoon with the low sunlight filtered by a canopy of golden leaves falling on the bright green ferns and the golden and green sedges and grasses. There are quite a few fungi about, particularly the Candlesnuff fungus and some small brackets. More creative fungi attempts to follow, The first photo made me think of hot Mediterranean Olive Groves rather than a chilly English Woodland!!

Wet Woodland Fungi

Paxton Pits has areas of wet woodland where mosses, lichens and, at this time of year, am interesting mix of small fungi can be found. 

(Taken with compact Fuji X100V plus Raynox 250)

Fungi Photography Planning Visit

I spent this morning planning tomorrow's RPS visit on site  and was delighted to find a good variety of species. the light level was very low but did give some lovely soft muted autumn colours. A bit more light tomorrow would be good. Taken with Fuji XV100 single shots or Olympus 12-45 stacked images

Paxton Fungi

 Although not abundant as in some years, there are fungi to be found at Paxton and some, like these Mycena form some very attractive clumps. I had my UV torch with me as interested in the different colours that the various species reflect when lit with this wavelength.

Start of the Fungi Season at Paxton

It was good to see that some Fungi are starting to emerge at Paxton Pits though not in usual numbers due to the dry conditions. Yesterday and last night's heavy rain may well stimulate the emergence of fruiting bodies. Here what we discovered on a foray on Thursday with very tentative identifications.