Rotten birches seem to be very inviting for different types of fungi. Just one walk around the forest, and I found a few of them laying around. I am not sure if they were cut down, or they lost a battle with wind or some disease. Some parts were cute into shorted pieces, probably getting ready to be picked up by someone. Others were left to rot and slowly sink into the forest floor.
That's where I found these beauties!
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Dozens of little mushrooms... all with a cute, purple ruffly edge, darker stripes, and tiny fur on top.
Can you see the extra tiny bonus popping from the moss below? 👇
I see them pretty often, but I don't remember if I saw such a large group before. Not the biggest, and I only spotted them when I got closer to check on the casualty tree. So worth the extra walk :)
There were also a few larger, brown ones. They grew on branches though, not the trunk.
I kept my favorite ones for last. I am not quite sure if this is something different, or if one of the above is just covered in algae, but the green colour and light edges are so beautiful! They almost blend with the moss around.
This is what the fallen tree looked like. There were many of the broken birches around. Some were pretty fresh with no mushrooms growing on them yet.
And can you see the pine in the back at an angle? Looks like a potential fungi customer :)
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos, graphics and text are my own.
