It's been a while since I blogged, as life has been rather hectic, in the run up to our local Agricultural Show. Entries have been completed and exhibited and the garden has had a complete overhaul. It isn't often we get a prolonged dry spell in Cumbria, so we've gardened and gardened - mainly with an axe and fork! But we have had a couple of trips out to our local wood in search of fungi.
We had an early flush of activity, with lots of edibles, click here, on August the second, but things kind of began to 'dry up' with the summer heat. Our visit on the sixth August saw a wide variety of fungi including a new one for me: Phellodon niger, more commonly known as the Black Tooth Fungus - a good find for Cumbria! Our visit on the 18th August was memorable for a gorgeous Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar and some beautiful light, but no fungi to mention!
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| Chanterelles. |
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| Hedgehog Fungi. |
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| Horn of Plenty. |
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| Black Tooth Fungus... |
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| The 'teeth' on the Black Tooth Fungus. |
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| A random selection of other species... |
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| Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar...bimbling - we moved him off the road. |
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| ..and woodland light. |
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