COLORFUL WINTER

We decided to go to Stobrawski Landscape Park to see if anything interesting was happening. There is a dead beech tree trunk lying there, which has become a habitat for many organisms, and most interestingly - different ones, in different seasons. So maybe calling it - dead - is not reflecting reality? 😕

Winter - so it's worth seeing what lives there now.

We arrived, a light frost, sun and... no people - complete silence and quiet.

The usual team: Małgosia, Asia, Andrzej and me. This time without the dog 😔

Asia

Andrzej

Małgosia

After a short walk we arrived at the place.
We were not disappointed - there is a lot going on.

Already from a distance we could see yellow-orange "blooms" of some slime molds (I think slime molds 😕 ).

Up close they looked fantastic - frozen, wrappped with moss and covered by a blanket of snow.

After that it only got better.

In the cracks of the bark there were white growths visible - fungi/slime molds - unfortunately I don't know and perhaps I will never find out, but it doesn't change the fact that they look great in the photos - photo below.

I know it's all a matter of taste - nevertheless, we were delighted 😊

The frozen mushrooms also looked very nice, and there were several species.

I won't attempt to name them - I'm too weak and my attempts to find them on the Internet have been unsuccessful. Of course, this doesn't change the fact that they are pretty as no-named, anyway 😊

The icing on the cake were the mosses. They looked fantastic – especially the ones sticking out of the snow and “covered” in orange slime molds – title photo.

Below are others with frozen water droplets looking like pearls or diamonds - whatever you prefer.😁