Friday 18th August 2017. ‘Early morning walk in the Beechwoods. Bright and sunny, but cool; the wind made the sound of surf in the treetops. Greeted by the laughing call of a green woodpecker – the signature sound of the woods? Parts of the woods where the trees are close together and there is a significant under storey were dark and slightly forbidding. The open woods retained the welcoming palette of light and shade; and large toadstools with rough biscuit coloured caps pushed through the mast and leaf litter. I couldn’t identify them’. Saturday 26th August 2017. ‘The fungi noted on the 18th were giving off an unpleasant, fishy smell.’
Photo: Beechwoods, Cambridge, August 2017