24th September 2024 - the Granta Park lunchtime walk, led by Iain Webb, found a good few fungi this month. Many of them were quite small, and of all shapes and sizes, but once you get down and take a closer look, they are impressive nonetheless. Many are also hard to identify definitively without detailed examination and expertise, but even a 'fungus with no name' is lovely to look at.
In amongst the damp leaf litter we also found a small Common Toad, and along the path edge the emerging leaves of two quite uncommon plants, Common Cudweed and Hound's-tongue, before at the end of the walk, and right next to the buildings, a group of Giant Willow Aphid sheltering under a branch.
Possibly Penny Bun or Boletus species
Possibly Penny Bun or Boletus species
A species of Bonnet - only a few mm across, in amongst the moss
Unknown species
Turkey-tail - or similar species
Beefsteak fungus -
its name reflecting its flat shape and rusty-blood red colour on top.
Beefsteak fungus
Slime mould, growing on a long fallen ash stump
A small Common Toad
Leaves of Cudweed - quite a rare plant, found on poor, sandy soils
Hound's-tongue - also a less commonly found plant,
but also found locally along the old railway cutting
Giant Willow Aphid - clustering on the underside of a willow
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