Saturday 10 March 2018

Winter fungi

On the trunk of a fallen beech tree near post 14 we have two species of fungus fruiting.  I'm afraid I can't be sure of the darker one. 


But the paler and more numerous brackets are oyster mushroom.


And a third fungus found on dead twigs on the woodland floor is the colourful Scarlet Elf cup.  This one was just over the stream crossing between posts 20 and 11.  Nestled against the bright green of the moss it is a jolly sight in late winter.


And here's another sort of fungus doing a useful job of recycling dead wood.  It's neither a mushroom/toadstool shape, nor a bracket standing out from the wood.  When a fungus lies flat like this we say it is resupinate


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