One of the best places for interesting fungi has always been the track that runs up through mixed woodland in the neighbouring crofting community of Backies. The trail is well-maintained by some local mountain bike enthusiasts though, in our many walks there, we're seen few people on bikes using it.
Much of the woodland is spruce and fir plantation but some....
....is deciduous, including this area of ancient oak and beech trees.
After the recent wetter and cooler weather we were expecting there to be a cornucopia of fungi as there has been in previous years but there wasn't: along the whole walk we only found four species but happily two of them....
....both in dark, spruce woodland, were....
....spectacular. I'm fairly certain this is one of the honey fungus species, and my memory tells me that we've seen it in exactly the same place in years gone by.
The fungus had the most spectacular 'ring' around its 'stalk'.
A second fungus was also one I remember from earlier walks in these woods. I'm fairly certain it's oakbug milkcap, and it has....
....a quite interesting texture to its cap.
The trail meanders uphill until it reaches one of the estate tracks, where the forestry falls back and....
...on a lovely morning like today's, there are views across the Golspie Glen to Beinn Bhraggie and the sea.
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