As I often do on a Friday, I joined Crafty Green Boyfriend for a wander round Corstorphine HIll this lunchtime. It was dull and muggy, but there was plenty to see. Fungi for example! These earth balls are looking very impressive
and this below is another impressive fungus, though I don't what it is. If anyone can help with identifying it, please leave a note in the comments! The pretty pink flowers are pink purslane
We were pleased to see this handsome wasp, though again, not something we could identify to species level
and this red legged shield bug was very happy to pose for photos
We were most impressed however by the raspberries, which continue to ripen - we filled a wee tub with them, some of which we'll eat and some of which we'll pass to Crafty Green Boyfriend's Mum to make jam.
Hello, those puff balls and fungus are interesting. The shield bug looks like our stink bug.
ReplyDeleteThe raspberries are great here too, yum! Happy Friday, enjoy your day and weekend!
Nice big bracket,could be Giant Polypore which particularly likes to feed on Beech roots. Was it on a stump? Meripilus, I think? There's nothing quite like wild rasps!
ReplyDeleteThere are always good things to see in nature!
ReplyDeleteGrand Friday walk and photos, Juliet.
ReplyDelete__ Raspberries strawberries, the good wines they brew; to me, blackberries 'on the wild' are
special.
root rot
this cluster of mushrooms
shingles
__ A wild guess, could be root rot mushrooms? _m
Yes, even on a dull day there was plenty to see ...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your photo's.
Raspberries are definitely Yum!
Enjoy your weekend
All the best Jan
Jamie - yes it's Meripilus giganteus, someone in Edinburgh Natural History Society told me
ReplyDeletedull and muggy . . .
ReplyDeletethere's a fungus
I haven't seen before
Not exactly what you said, but allow me the liberty.
Yumm. We await the blackberries ripening. They are VERY prolific here!
ReplyDeleteI don't mind dull days sometimes - this dull day was gorgeous, looks like.
ReplyDeleteLynn - I like dull days too, but it can mean there are fewer insects about, so less to see!
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