Mouldering in a gloomy spot #FencepostOfTheWeek

Tripe fungus - Auricularia mesenterica. Looking like tiers of bizarrely inflated turkey tail brackets. It usually grows on elm wood. #fungi #auricularia #tripefungus #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #gigha #uk

I believe I found Scytinium teretiusculum for the first time a few weeks back. Added it to my image matrix of bushy little jelly lichens that grow on trees: wild-e-eep.blogspot.com/2025/05/minu...

A bunch of springtails frolicking in the moss. #springtails #poduromorpha #wildlifephotography #argyll #scotland #uk #collembola

Found a lumpy bit ^_^ #moss #oak #intothewoods #tuffets #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

This entire fence has been pulled out of the ground and rolled up. It's still providing fertile surfaces for some nice lichens and mosses, though. #FencepostOfTheWeek

The underside of this lichen has some textures! I think this one is Umbilicaria torrefacta, growing on exposed rocks in a montane environment. #lichen #umbilicaria #trypophobia #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk #trypophobia

Clouds scudding by yesterday.

Bright, fuzzy blobs of algae up in the crags of Beinn Bhreac. #trentepohlia #algae #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A rather mossy witches' broom <3 #betula #moss #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A length of wall running along side the ridge of Beinn Bhreac, enclosing a moor called Caladh Leacainn. #landscape #wintersun #cowal #caladh #argyll #scotland #uk #wall

Spruce root plate. #tree #picea #roots #argyll #scotland #uk

Heavy frost, and bright sun, near the top of Beinn Bhreac (454m) #frost #tussock #wintersun #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Grizzled and cracked #FencepostOfTheWeek

One of the pixy cup lichens brightening up an old, grey stone wall. #lichen #cladonia #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Nice oaks in some afternoon, November sun. #oak #intothewoods #wintersun #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Found a little grove of slime mould sporangia coming up on cow dung & took a bit home to watch them develop. I think these might be Didymium squamulosum. #myxomycetes #didymium #slimemould #slimemold #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Revisiting the place where I found hazel gloves last year. They are back. :-) Slugs and rodents seem to like them, too. #fungi #mushrooms #hypocreopsis #hazelgloves #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A cavernous crater at dusk #FencepostOfTheWeek

A fresh clutch of burgundydrop bonnets, Mycena haematopus. #fungi #mushrooms #mycena #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Mystery object from the woods. This one turned out to be an old mushroom with a tiny, white fungus growing all over it. Tilachlidium, perhaps. #fungi #mushrooms #tilachlidium #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Autumnal oaks in Glendaruel. #naturephotography #autumn #intothewoods #argyll #scotland #uk

These tiny, white mushrooms are very good at trapping water drops with fuzzy hairs that are corkscrew-shaped under a microscope. #hemimycena #fungi #mushrooms #naturephotography #dewdropbonnet #argyll #scotland #uk

Another jelly lichen from the back garden; a big, lush colony of Scytinium gelatinosum growing on my door step, where the gutter drips onto concrete. Scytinium gelatinosum grows well on damp concrete and mortar, but I do see it out in the wild on coastal rocks, too. #scytinium #jellylichen

Now that's some sparkly shit. #geotrupidae #dorbeetle #faeces #poo #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Wrote a blog post about Ricasolia virens, which has somehow managed to be two of my favourite lichens. wild-e-eep.blogspot.com/2025/10/rica...

A tiger's eye fungus. Seen growing on the wall of a small cave. #fungi #mushrooms #coltricia #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Icmadophila ericetorum, the fairy puke lichen (what a name!) It must be quite fast growing to cover ephemeral things like these fallen bracken fronds. #lichen #icmadophila #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Badhamia utricularis rampantly overgrowing some crust fungi on wind-thrown oak branches. <333 #slimemould #slimemold #myxomycetes #cthulucloseups #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A cluster of honey fungus fruiting bodies on the side of an oak tree, and a crowd of them at the base of the trunk. #fungi #mushrooms #honeyfungus #armillaria #naturephotography #argyll #scotlant #uk

Finally noticed this jelly lichen growing on wooden garden furniture round the back of the house. I've probably been passing it by for years(!) I think it is Scytinium subtile which is rather small, even by jelly lichen standards. #lichen #jellylichen #scytinium #backyardsafari #argyll #scotland #uk

Knice knobbly knees on this dead oak branch ^_^ #oak #quercus #deadwood #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A gorgeous new-to-me slime mould from a rotting ash hulk. I think it keys out to Lamproderma arcyrioides. #slimemold #slimemould #myxomycetes #lamproderma #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Some super-scaly, young Pholiota squarrosa mushrooms <3 #fungi #mushrooms #Pholiota #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Sweet woodruff - Galium odoratum - in a shady ravine. #galium #woodruff #naturephotography #intothewoods #argyll #scotland #uk

I think this is Micarea stipitata, a lichen which grows on bark in amongst mosses and liverworts. It has upright, stalked pycnidia and low, rounded apothecia; both are translucent and rather beautiful. It is, however, a bit too small to be easily appreciated. #lichen #argyll #scotland #uk

A lovely coral fungus growing out of the side of a rotten log. Maybe Ramaria stricta. #fungi #coralfungus #ramaria #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Bright, little, bobbly fungi; something in the family Nectriaceae, I think. Growing on moribund holly bark. #fungi #nectriaceae #ilex #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Some strange commotion in the beeches just after sun down. Mostly buzzards involved. <_< #twilight #intothewoods #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A very tiny fungus - Stenocybe nitida growing on a rather small liverwort - Plagiochila punctata. #stenocybe #plagiochila #fungi #liverworts #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Very pleased to have a brood of beautiful baby adders at my local adder watching spot this year. ^_^ #adder #vipera #snakes #wildlifephotography #argyll #scotland #uk #reptiles

Some tormentil being aggressively overgrown by an urchin earthfan - Thelephora penicillata. I think. #fungi #thelephora #earthfan #tormentil #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Stemonitopsis typhina - a slime mould with some fancy, slimy stalks <3 #slimemold #myxomycetes #slimemould #stemonitopsis #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

A cocoon neatly tucked out of the way in a beard lichen. A quiet place to retreat to, while you go through a few changes. #cocoon #lichen #usnea #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

The violet webcap - Cortinarius violaceus. Found a small patch of them growing in a blackthorn thicket under aspen trees in Glenan woods. <3 #mushroom #fungi #cortinarius #argyll #scotland #uk #naturephotography #glenan

Found some lovely fungi in Glenan Wood while looking for archaeological remains. This one is the flaming scalycap - Pholiota flammans growing on rotting conifer stumps in what is now a burgeoning birch thicket. #fungi #pholiota #mushrooms #glenan #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Marsh cinquefoil - Comarum palustre. Beautiful swamp-dwellers. #comarum #wildflowers #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Here - have some magic. Or maybe just some sufficiently advanced technology IDK. #rust #ruins #junk #treasure

A beguiling assemblage of lichens on this post betwixt field and forest. #FencepostOfTheWeek #fencepost #lichen #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

Found a small patch of sphagnum bog on a valley floor in the middle of what is mostly well-drained pasture land. Home to a lively colony of keeled skimmers - Orthetrum coerulescens, also sundews and pirate wolf spiders. #arachnophobia_tw #spiders #dragonfly #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk