Flotsam and fungi

Sea Oak, Halidrys siliquosa

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In February I visited the beach regularly and started photographing various marine life washed up. Seaweeds have been a challenge, both to photograph and identify and I now have a few books to help me with with living flotsam: Seasearch guide to Seaweeds; Seasearch guide to Bryozoans and Hydroids; Collins complete guide to British Coastal Wildlife; Great British Marine Animals.

February 11:

Barrel Jellyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo

Barrel Jellyfish

holdfast of Furbellows, Saccorhiza polyschides

holdfast of Oarweed, Laminaria digitata

Oarweed

Scallop, Pecten maximus

Sea Oak, Halidrys siliquosa

fungus on beach, possibly Southern Bracket, Ganoderma australe,
probably from a tree trunk washed into the sea

sponge needing id, 7cm long

On February 17 I attended the weekly morning work party at Heyshott escarpment then stopped at Burton Mill Pond.

Heyshott

Woods near Burton Mill Pond:

Alder catkins, Alnus glutinosa

Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis confragosa

Blushing Brackets

Cartilage Lichen, Ramalina farinacea

Common Orange Lichen, Xanthoria parietina

Fallow Deer antler, Dama dama

fungus needing id

this piece of branch is glued to the living branch by a fungus caleed
Glue Crust, Hymenochaete corrugata

the bottom part is the Glue Crust

Green Elfcup, Chlorociboria aeruginascens agg.
the fruiting bodies are cup shaped when they form

Green Elfcup looks like a copper stain on the wood

Hairy Curtain Crust, Stereum hirsutum

Hairy Curtain Crust

Hairy Curtain Crust

Hairy Curtain Crust

hazel nut, probably eaten by a grey squirrel

King Alfred's Cake, Daldinia concentrica

King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

Primrose, Primula vulgaris

Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor

Turkeytail

Turkeytail