Between this track and Dunrobin Castle's walled garden (right) there are some substantial lengths of ancient and very rotten deciduous trees, obviously cut down many years ago and left ever since....
....during which time they've rotted to form some perfect places for fungi to grow. The other day I identified at least six different fungi, this at a time when there are hardly any fungi growing elsewhere. These included several bracket fungi such as the one growing all over the log above and....
....this one which might, but might not be turkeytail,
Trametes versicolor.
This is a jelly fungus which looks very similar to the one we found the other day - see post
here. I identified that as jelly ear fungus,
Auricularia auricula-judae, partly because it was growing on elder while this one was definitely NOT on elder.
In my usual ignorance I would identify this as the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, the only one of is kind on the dozen or so logs there.
To add to the interest, this jelly-like mass about 30mm across was sitting very proudly all by itself on top of one of the most rotten of all the logs. It looks as if it may be the crystal brain fungus
Exidia nucleata.
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