Requires plenty of damp grey weather, loves rain or snow, is frost hardy, tolerates shade, does not need pruning, nor feeding…
Soon after moving here we removed the ugly evergreens threatening to take over the rockery. This tree stump is one of the last to decompose – it’s taken seven years! Perhaps I will finally be able to dig it out this spring…
Soft brown and lush green
Thriving on decaying wood
In the winter sun
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I love fungus, moss and decaying wood stumps
They have a certain fascination!
Lovely image.
Thanks – photographed on Christmas Day!
So pretty! And the haiku fits it perfectly!
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That is a very pretty stump with the mushroom. Have you thought about leaving it?
I will leave it to see what happens, but I expect it will eventually frazzle when the spring sun shines on it…
And if you don’t get time to remove, who knows what will grow on it next year.
Could be interesting!
We had a lot of different fungi last autumn too – more than usual.
Oh a plea for a stay of execution – surely you could not deprive that glorious velvety moss of its home could you Cathy?
Don’t worry! I assure you it will have died a natural death by the time I get there with my spade! When the sun gets higher in spring that part of the garden has no shade at all…
I love all sorts of fungi – even the ones I can’t eat
Great photo!
Me too. Especially like the edible sort!
I plan to NOT dig stumps if I can help it! I was thinking of carving them into wood spirits!
How very creative!
I think little fairies and gnomes must live there. Really I do!
Linda
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Definitely… I believe they live at the bottom of the garden…
Lovely photo, could almost be a painting. Do you know what kind of fungus it is?
I’m afraid I have absolutely no idea when it comes to fungi… we have quite a variety in the garden this year!
It’s nice to notice everything that’s growing out there, beautiful!
Elaine
Thanks Elaine – I think I notice more in winter, when there’s not much to look at in the garden in the way of plants.
Fungi are one of nature’s great recyclers and decomposers. Your stump will also be home to lots of mini-beasts like beetles who will also recycle your stump. So let nature do the work and you will probably find other interesting fungi appearing.
I liked the Haiku too.
Thanks – I will have to watch it carefully when the weather warms up again! We have had all sorts of fungi around the garden this winter.