A very unusual find for these parts (Niagara, Ontario) especially in only the first days of March, albeit a warm one. Scarlet elf cups I believe. And two hours later they were covered with snow.
"Without rot, life turns to stone. Rot—goopy or crusty or smelly or crumbly or stringy as it may be—is what churns life back to life."
Really, really cool article. I have seen the work of both the brown and white wood rot but never knew the difference between and that that was what was causing the tree to look like that!!!
These fungi are so tiny! I'm amazed my cheap macro lens phone attachment thing was able to capture it at all (I did zoom in a little so the tiny water droplets were easier to see). No clue what kind these are...
It's flourishing more than I thought it would! The fungus is spreading to the other piece of wood, and this new clover-like thing has come up! I just give it a light drizzle of water every time it rains.