Yellow fingers grow from the short sward

There are apricot-yellow fingers of fungus growing in the short sward at Emsworthy Mire. Fabulous, aren’t they?

Apricot Club Fungus - Clavulinopsis luteoalba - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

They are the eerie fruiting bodies of the Apricot Club Fungus, Clavulinopsis luteoalba.

Apricot Club Fungus - Clavulinopsis luteoalba - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

They are saprobic, living on dead and decaying things, and an essential part of recycling nutrients for life to continue. I love them.

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