Monday 18 October 2010

Fungi in Fenton Wood nr. Ford, Northumberland

Continuing on the fungi theme, these images were captured on a return visit to Fenton Woods. Mr. Cheviot and i had been out walking 2 weeks ago and had called into this area of the woods at the northern tip to examine some cup and ring markings indicated on the map. Having found the markings we spotted some lush fungi as we exited the woods to continue the walk on to Ford Moss. The day we did the walk was the Friday before the large fall of migrants down the east coast. That particular day the conditions had been very misty with a steady N/ N.Easterly wind not making visibility of Ford Moss very good so a return visit to the Moss itself is on the cards. Anyway, i waffle. Remember "more waffling than warbling".We called back to explore the wood further last Thursday spending 4 hours or so but knowhere near covered as much ground as we wanted. Mr. Cheviot had spotted some stunning Fly Agaric last time but was disappointed not to find any this time. Any names put forward would be extremely well received. Enjoy.










      The 2 specimens in this image were 125mm and 170 mm in size and partially hidden in the bracken undergrowth. Very striking.
A very different feel to my previous posting of fungi. This time reduced if hardly any light resulting in use of flash and long exposures.

9 comments:

  1. Beautiful photographs John. It seems to be a great time of the year for finding lovely examples of fungi, with the damp weather. I love the combination of the fungi with the moss and lichen. :)

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  2. Super set of fungi pictures in this post, John. I hope to get out again this week to look for some more fungi.

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  3. Thanks Lesley,
    I enjoy trying to get different views of the fungi. Definately the best time for them.
    Wrap up warm Emma if your planning a foray. Thank you for your kind comments.
    John

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  5. Sorry John, I had to delete the previous post. It was a link to someone's blog and when I re-read it, I saw that they had a long spam comment in the replies which was very offensive.

    I'll try tomorrow (as it's getting late now) to post the gist of what I had wanted to post, without the accompanying obscenities. My apologies.

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  6. I had to come and have another look at your pictures, John. Lovely.

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  7. Thanks for calling back Emma. If only i had the knowledge that you have and was able to name the subjects.
    John

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  8. Some canny pics there jon, well done again, i think i have sorted my new flash and camera out, talk soon

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  9. So you will be able to flash properly !!
    Mackintoshes at the ready, Mr. Cheviot.
    John

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