Candlesnuff (white/grey and black) fungus on a sawn-off tree trunk, with moss under the fungus and a few brown leafs.
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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) intrigues with its candle-wick form, a clever woodland recycler that quietly reshapes its forest stage. What hidden stories might its secret biochemistry unfold? #FungiExplained #CandlesnuffFungus #ForestScience
Candlesnuff fungus has white tips on black stalks and these are living amongst green moss including stairstep moss. The fungus is found in winter months and helps wood decay.
Lipstick lichen (tall greyish green spikes without red caps in this example) are surrounded by tiny liverworts which are fleshy and round. A bright green spindly moss, possibly scotch moss, is in the lower left.
Two tiny brown mushrooms with off-center caps grow on a dark brown pinecone from a Douglas fir tree. They are aptly-named pine cone mushrooms.
Tall greyish green scaley spindles of lichen, some with bright red tips, are growing on a brown tree trunk. Small liverworts also grow on the tree. They have small rounded flat leaves.
Lovely miniatures in a suburban backyard. #candlesnufffungus #lichen #liverwort #moss #pineconemushroom #lipsticklichen
Reborn
beneath frozen ground
mycelium stretches its
cold zombie hand to
Candle Snuff
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