Country diary: Something complicated in the tangled grass | Ed Douglas

Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: With its antler-like structure and aniseed whiff, this exquisite fungus, called meadow coral, is luxuriating in all its strangenessLate November’s weather provided a barnstorming performance. Temperatures plunged but were then wrenched into a steep climb. Gales flipped everything over before the nosedive into frost began again. Into December and a morning of half-hearted drizzle and still but warmer air seemed exceptional. Low cloud settled on the purplish cro