IN WHITE AND PINK
Winter is probably gone for
good. Here and there you can see the early spring flowers beginning to bloom. A
decision was made to check them out, so off we went to Muszkowice Beech Forest
Reserve. Like a forest it was muddy, and still the bridge over the stream has not been fixed - perhaps on
purpose - I don't know. There were lots of flowers - much too early, but here they
are.
Spring snowflake
Snowdrops
February daphne
Blooming snowdrops, spring snowflakes,
February-daphnes and golden-saxifrage, the leaves of hepatica, anemones and
arum alpinum have already appeared. Soon it will all "explode" into a
riot of colors and scents.
We spread out around the area
And, as you can see, some of us have even crawled away 😉
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| Małgosia |
Andrzej observed nature in a more "dignified" manner 😀
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| Andrzej |
At one point, Małgosia and Andrzej focused on ……..
I froze - but no, no - it's not what it looks like!! You
will need to trust me on this, but... it's a mushroom 😊. Exidia
nigricans (common name Witches’ butter), which decomposes dead wood of
deciduous trees.
Below are photos taken by Małgosia.
Their
color changed depending on the angle of light.
Photo: Małgosia Gęgotek Rapak
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| Photo: Małgosia Gęgotek Rapak |
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| Photo: Małgosia Gęgotek Rapak |
I saw similar ones on several fallen trees - but those were definitely not
mushrooms 😱 - oh well.
The flowers are quite small,
but when enlarged they look as if they were... made of plastic - that's the
impression i got.
And of course my favorite Spring Snowflakes.
A rather unusual (at least for me) looking leaf caught
my attention.
After a short search on the Internet, I found that
these white "paths" are made by a moth larva - Stigmella
Splendidissimella.
Well - we are always learning.
At the end I saw - well look for yourself:
And a thought occurred to me - maybe just as deer lose their horns, some little Cupid might have lost his wings 😱
Maybe now he's looking for it......
photos: Marek Czubaszek (except Gosia's photos)
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