The mushrooms get gradually buried under a thick layer of fluttering leaves. The trees are now fully in autumn colors. The gentle temperature makes it perfect to walk in the forest.

Trees are getting beautiful fall colors. On a sunny day it is a delight to walk in the fores, to enjoy it. Falling autumn leaves make for a yellow, brown, orange carpet in the forest. Mushrooms come in all shapes and colours. Please do not pick any mushrooms. This way, everyone can enjoy this wonderful fairy tale atmosphere and the mushrooms can continue to play their role in the forest.

It is now fully mushroom time. The discoloration of the leaves has come to a standstill due to the softer nights. Even then, the forest already is in full autumn atmosphere. Fungi are very important for the forest. They clear away dead wood and leaves on and a number of species, such as the fly agaric, they live very intensely together with the trees. It is therefore very important not to pick any mushrooms. Another reason not to pick them is to let everyone enjoy the wonderful world of fungi.

Bear’s garlic (Ramsons) is turning the valley of the Steenputbeek completely white. Lilies-of-the-valley get a lot of leaves, but not a lot of flowers. Other striking blossoming herbs along the paths are Yellow Pimpernel, Herb-Paris, Bugleweed en Solomon’s seal with its typical inclining leaves. The morning is the real time to enjoy the wood, when birds give their extraordinary concert.

The canopy of beech and oak is getting denser and darker. On the sunny places along the paths, however, a lot of blossoming plants can be seen. There still is the rare beautiful bluebell, but there is also Yellow Archangel, Garlic Mustard, Herb-Robert (Robert Geranium, Mountain Geranium) en Greater Stitchwort (Addersmeat). Spiked Rampion is starting to blossom as well. The hotter spaces with a lot of light attract butterflies. Speckled Wood, Small White, Peacock and the swift Comma flutter from flower to flower, enjoying these sunny spaces, looking for the nectar of the flowers, or a place to rest and to get warm.

The beautiful flowering period for the bluebells is over. They are withering and forming fruits now. Only on a few more open places, they remain nice. There are some other flowering spring flowers at the edge of the forest, such as Yellow Archangel, Wood-sorrel, Common Dog Violet en Solomon’s seal. Bear’s garlic (Ramsons) is blossoming abundantly.