Tis #FungiSeason

The deep grooved trunk of an English Oak provides shelter for several bracket fungi. A few of the tree’s leafy branches can be seen on either side of the trunk, which stands in a grassy part of the deer park at Petworth House in Sussex. The 700-acre park is one of the finest surviving and unspoilt examples of an English landscape designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown. The park and house are now in the care of the National Trust charity, which says: “Petworth Park is home to an assortment of ancient and veteran trees, some of which are nearly 1,000 years old, including three ancient oak trees, one of which was a sapling during the Norman conquest of 1066.”

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An English Oak growing in the deer park at Petworth and providing a home for some bracket fungi.