The Mushrooms
Posts from the ‘forests’ category
The Toilet Seat Growth (today’s question)
We were up in the Scottish hills this morning where a number of trees have been cut down (to allow others more space to grow we think). We noticed this strange wooden-like growth (shaped like a toilet seat) growing around the top of the tree stump. Appropriately brown! We’re not quite sure what causes this growth. It is solid and is not some kind of fungus. We noticed the ‘toilet seat’ on several tree stumps. What are these growths? That question has got us stumped too. Anyone know the answer?
The Andy Capp’s Hat Fungi
For those people who remember Andy Capp and his creator Reg Smythe. The fungus is the right shape for Andy’s cap!
The Slippery Slope
The Sticky End…
They don’t mess around in Scotland (Boris Johnson, take note!)
The Flower
The Ski Jumper
The Woman And Her Dog
The Forest Fungi
The Bat Hotel
Where else would bats hang out?
The View Across the Loch
The Hills
The Farm
The Dying Trees
We’ve noticed quite a few trees up here in the Cairngorms that appear to be dying. Disease? Polution? We’re not sure but a pity to see trees dying off…
The Town
Grantown-on-Spey in the Cairngorms.
The Magic Spotted Mushrooms
A strange spotted mushroom found in the Cairgorms today whilst out on a dog walk. No sign of any red squirrels yet…
The Strange Dead Old Tree Picture
….it just turned out the way it did…
The Bushy Tailed Rabbit
The Dawn
Image inspired by John in Nevada who does interesting things with his images.
The Oak Processionary Moth
We’ve spotted a number of these ‘nests’ made by the Oak Processionary Moths in nearby oak trees here in the Netherlands. We’ve never seen them ever before. That’s global warming for you Mr Trump!!!
But, before blaming Mr Trump too much, it looks like we British might be responsible for introducing this particular (and toxic) pest into Europe. More information here.
The Mating Season
The frogs here in Holland are all fired up with the need to make love…(lucky frogs!).
The Orgy
The Day Of The Triffids!
They are here to get you! Be afraid!
The new Adobe Camera RAW Texture Slider – The flower
Still having fun with the new Texture Slider in Adobe Camera RAW. It’s a fun tool and it worked well on the flower below. I love taking photographs of flowers with a very narrow depth of field – it makes the flower pop out of the background. The new texture slider gives the image a bit of extra pop!
The Purple Jobs…
The Leaf Map
The veins (?) in the leaf look like a city roadmap.
The Dog Walker
The Not Stinging Nettle
Sue tells me that, whilst the plant/weed shown in the first image below looks like a stinging nettle, it isn’t and you would not be stung if you touched it. I will not be testing this hypothesis. If it looks like a stinging nettle, then it will sting you. I apply the same logic to snakes. If it is a snake, it is poisonous!
For comparison purposes, the image at the bottom of this post is a stinging nettle.
The Big Chicken Lurking…
A big chicken seen lurking in the reeds today…
The Strange Growth
I am sure somebody will know what kind of plant (weed?) this is. Spotted near Monnickendam (Netherlands) today. Almost like some kind of alien creature!
The Walk in the Park…
The Bud
The Leaf
A slightly more fragrant post than the last one!
The Valley
The Valley
The Ball Chucker
The Ball Chucker
The Fungi
The Fungi
The Owl
The Owl (1)
The Tree
The Tree
The Rabbit
The rabbit who lives in the hedge next to our boat…
The Rabbit
The Hawk
The Hawk
The Forest Walk
The Forest Walk
The Buds
The Buds
The Bug
The Bug
The Stump
The Stump
The Nuts
The Nuts
The Seat
The Seat
The Hint of Spring
The Hint of Spring
The Leaf
The Leaf
The Night Walk
A walk towards the darkness…..
The Night Walk
The Leaves Of Many Colours
Even more fooling around with Reflector. Â I should really be doing something more useful!
The Leaves Of Many Colours
The Autumn Splash
More fun with Reflector.
The Autumn Splash
The Pink Job
Another flower I don’t know the name of:
The Pink Job
The Life Hanging By A Thread
Do you ever get that feeling you’re hanging on by a thread?
The Life Hanging By A Thread
The Black Berries
The Black Berries
The Devil’s Toes
The Devil’s Toes
The Old Log
The Old Log
The Lost Bike
When you go down to the woods today…..
The Lost Bike
The Berries
The Berries
The Nutty Things
The Nutty Things
The Conker Season Is Here!
The Conker Season Is Here!
The Other Acorns
The Other Acorns
The Other Hazelnut
The Other Hazelnut
The Acorn
The Acorn
The Hazel Nuts
The Hazel Nuts
The Prickly Balls
The Prickly Balls
The Marching Ants
I didn’t notice the ants when taking the photography. Not sure what they’re doing!
The Marching Ants
The Curious Fruit
Not fruit at all but we were surprised when we found out what it was. Â Clue: found on an oak tree.
The Curious Fruit
The Taste of Things to Come..
Some images from the forest coming up shortly:
Nuts, Berries and Leaves from Richard Broom on Vimeo.
The Snoozing Butterfly
Pssst…might be a moth!
The Snoozing Butterfly
The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower
The Sex Fest on a Thistle
More insect pornography!
The Sex Fest on a Thistle
The Sex Orgy
Promiscuous beetles seen today having open air sex. Â Even threesome sex! Â What little tinkers they are!
The Orgy
The Nuts
The Nuts
The New Flower
One I haven’t seen before:
The New Flower
The Flowers
The Flowers
The Big Chicken (2)
The Big Chicken (2)
The Wood Walker
A spot of light and dark for you all.
The Wood Walker
The “At Last” Bird x 2
By gum! There’s two of them!!!
The “At Last” Bird x 2
The Toadstools
The Toadstools
The Meeting
The Meeting
The Butterfly
I could be wrong but I think this is a Red Admiral…
The Butterfly
The Not Bee!
Tom very kindly corrected me. This is not a bee, it’s a hover fly!
The Not Bee!
The Early Hazelnut
The Early Hazelnut
The Ridley Scott Plant
Now surely this must have come straight out of the the film Alien by Ridley Scott
The Ridley Scott Plant
The Bird Watcher
Sue looking out for the elusive woodpecker.
The Bird Watcher
The Light Bulb Plant
I apologise deeply for sweeping away centuries of botanic and taxonomic research when I rename these flowers with my own (silly) name. Â But you do have to admit, they look a little bit like lightbulbs!
The Light Bulb Flower
The Blackberries Are Coming!
The Blackberries Are Coming!
The Prickly Jobs
The Prickly Jobs
The Spiky Pods
The Spiky Pods
The Splash of Red
The Splash of Red
The Bee and the Thistle
The Bee and the Thistle
The Leaves
The Leaves
The Fluffy Leaves
Not sure what makes them fluffy…
The Fluffy Leaves
The Deathtrap
Insects beware!
The Deathtrap
The Big Leaves
The Big Leaves
The Little Red Number
No idea what it is, but nice.
The Little Red Number
The Yellow Flower
As usual, no idea what it is but a nice flower
The Yellow Flower
The Dead Head
Theresa May might feel like this today…flattened!!!
The Dead Head
The Start of Life
Probably one of the best ways to spend an afternoon in the woods…
The Start of Life
The Spiky Chap…
The Spiky Number
Richard Broom Photography 