Ruby Elf Cups

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Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, mushrooms, mycology, Ruby Elf Cups

Mycologist’s Marvel. First time I have seen them.

Photo by Candia

Funghi

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funghi, mushrooms, mycology

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Growing on the tree stump on our drive.

Fete Champetre de Champignons

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champignons, fete champetre, funghi, mushrooms, mycology, woodland flora

Photos by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Badbury Clump

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Atrebates, Badbury Clump, Belgae, Catuvellauni, King Arthur, Marasnius oreades, mercenaries, Mons Badonicus, mycology, Voltigern

Photo by Lord Mayonnaise, 2012 (Bolton) 

Mushroom Observer.  Wiki

 

Ancient boundaries:

Atrebates, the Belgae,

Catuvellauni.

A whiff of Arthur,

as he defended this land

from the foreigners –

those mercenaries

whom Voltigern had welcomed.

Was Mons Badonicus here?

I stumble across

some pushy Marasnius

oreades, which

rejuvenate with raindrops,

blown in from mainland Europe.

Challenged, they go underground.

They know coasts are never clear,

but invasion is a fact.

They are here for the long term.