Autumn is my favourite season. The flowers may have largely taken their leave, but in the wake come things brighter and stranger.
It’s a brittlegill, AKA a member of the Russula family. Something is eating the brittlegills; this is one of the more intact ones that I’ve found. My trailcams caught squirrels tucking into what appeared to be the much greyer charcoal burner Russula cyanoxantha, but that is unlikely to be the whole story. Rodents, slugs and even foxes eagerly accept wild mushroom buffet.
Russulas are famously difficult to identify to species level. This could be a beechwood sickener Russula noblis, which might explain why the squirrels haven’t munched on it.
They brighten up the woodland floor, whatever they are. A small spider is resting on this one’s stem.
Jelly-ear fungi decorate branches.
Mower’s mushrooms Panaeolus foenisecii add intrigue to the grass.
And bracket fungi of all kinds form shelves on the dead bones of old trees.
Autumn has much more to give. Most of the leaves are yet to fall.
A Walk with Wildlife 
Adele, beautiful images! I agree with you, I like Autumn best too!
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There’s nothing quite like autumn. I’m headed to the prairies this afternoon so will see how far it’s got in Saskatchewan! 🙂
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I have been enjoying my Nature visits with you through your area & always like what & how you see the little & big delights as you stroll along. My Nature world has different kind of treasures & I like to invite you for a visit:
https://sanlorenzoriverblog.com/2018/09/11/river-dream/
Thanks for your posts & your way of seeing Nature, jane
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Thank you so much Jane! I always enjoy your blog too. I’ve had a bit of a break from blogging over the summer but hope to be on here more often, and will often drop by your beautiful blog.
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What I like about autumn is change in light, especially at mornings & evenings. Like the spring, very good for photography 🙂
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Autumn is the season for artists, whether they use watercolours or a camera 🙂 I agree, I love the light at this time of year. Misty sunrises are always special.
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Lovely photos Adele! I love autumn, too, and enjoy shroom hunting 🙂
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Thank you Pete 🙂 Looks like it’s going to be an exceptionally good year for shrooms! A little surprising after the summer we’ve had – although, come to think of it, so many fungi are symbiotic with trees and those certainly put on a growth spurt in the hot weather. Maybe the mycorrhiza benefited from that?
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