Natural History GT Fungi 13 October 2019 Ian Alexander Mottled Birch Bolete, Leccinum variicolor, in Gunnersbury Triangle. The species is edible (if found in quantity!) but not nearly as good as the Orange Birch Bolete. Psathyrella, a smallish toadstool with a fragile stem, a cousin of the Inkcaps (Coprinus) Yes you spotted it, not a fungus. A Smooth Newt under a nearby refugium. These seem to be young Agaricus, probably Wood Mushrooms, in the ivy and leaf-litter. Well, EVERYBODY noticed this mushroom! Giant Funnel, Leucopaxillus giganteus Amethyst Deceiver, Laccaria amethystina, very different (alas!) from the delicious Wood Blewit which also has “blue legs”.