This year's entry

Last year there were a number of fine fungus fruiting bodies to be found on the Horton Clockwise, notably that at reference 1.

I now understand that that illustrated left has been entered by its owner (the local council in this case) for this year's competition. A little late on parade compared with last year's winner, but it may well be a slightly different variety, working to a different timetable. Or maybe we can blame climate change or the funny weather we have had this summer.

Reference 1: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/chicken-of-woods.html.

Reference 2: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=fungus&max-results=20&by-date=true.