All images by Rosie Hopkins.

large fungus sticking out of tree bark
Jelly Ears
several fungi on a tree branch
Hairy Curtain Crust

Winter Mahonia

Click on this link for more information about Fungi and Lichens from the Woodland Trust.

frozen water on a still loch
Ice reflections

One response to “Recollections from the Turn of the Year”

  1. I think that’s Oakmoss, a species of Ring lichen. Lichen and Moss are symbiotic and serve many useful purposes, as do fungi which can be symbiotic and/or parasitic.
    My Picture Mushroom app can be both helpful and totally misleading but fun names aplenty…

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