Fungus Finds ~ Outdoor Challenge Day 12

It was a gray and rainy day today so not to much outdoor exploring happened today.

We took a quick walk to the bottom field where my dad has his mill and wandered along the trail through the trees at the base of the mountain. It's a perfect haven for fungi :)

I just love the ones above. They are in huge clusters all over the fallen and decaying trees. I think they are called a 'Turkey Tail' or Trametes versicolor but I may be wrong! Definitely don't take my word for it *grin*.

We also found these mossy and hairy looking fungi that were growing at the base of one of the young apple trees in the orchard. If you happen to know the exact name of either of these we would love to know :) Hopefully the weather will clear up for tomorrow so we can get out some more and finish planting our potatoes and we've got some great broccoli, cauliflower & cabbage starts to put into the garden to :)

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~ Rosina

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