Autumn leaves and fungi

The early autumn has been good for fungi both in the garden and beyond in the woodland above. I loved the fact that a beech leaf from the wood up the hill had fallen against this small mushroom and that a ray of sunshine caught the glorious colour just when I happened to be passing that part of the garden.

Light through leaves is always lovely

Here are some other favourite fungal finds this month and last:


Gotta love (but not eat!) a mushroom that turns blue when you cut it!

Lurid Bolete/Suillelus luridus