Super Grass Man

In a very short venture down the lane this evening, I've scored a splendid two for one. I've discovered / remembered that roadside verges along lanes through arable fields offer a chance to find some errant self-set self-sustaining crop plants. I was already minded to have a look at some grasses down there, given that they are particularly abundant, unkempt and uncut this year. A browse through our local Naturespot resource showed a few possible species I could look for, and one of them was this ....

Triticum aestivum (Bread Wheat)

I found a few clumps and took some crappy shots with my phone in the fading light - not quite in focus but you get the gist. Notice how the upper most leaf looks a bit yellow? Well, I didn't initially, but then on another clump I noticed this ....

.... which after a bit of research is Puccinia striiformis (Wheat Stripe Rust)

I've got a few bits to look at. I don't like grasses, but hey, a man's gotta do ....

Great tune, great film (at the time), shite pixelated YouTube upload!