Take This Winter! (Pic Heavy)

[TheSeedObsesser]

Went out earlier today and found this! The first wildflower of the year, Skunk Cabbage! Spring will be here anytime now!

Some other pictures that I took while I was out there:

Shelf Fungi Gills

Birch Branches with Special Effects

Moss

And last picture before I drive all of you crazy - some slimy black stuff that I found growing on a tree, guessing some kind of fungi. Anybody know what it is?

 

[digitS']

That there is . .

. slimy black stuff.

You can find it growing on trees. (maybe Exidia nigricans -link)

Steve

 

[897tgigvib]

Alien invasion of the slime creature!

Actually, we have a super bright yellow slime here that grows on rotting wood. Grows fast too. Each day it's moved, spread, then dissipates. Day-glo yellow.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i can only think of the stuff that causes canker on my fruit trees. over time it turns black.

 

[Carol Dee]

SeedO I see you are enjoying the new camera. Keep those photos coming. We all sound envious , but are glad someone sees spring really is coming.

 

[so lucky]

I guess I never knew what skunk cabbage looked like. Hmmmm. That moss looks nice and fresh.

 

[catjac1975]

Glad I can't smell them.

 

[baymule]

Never have seen a skunk cabbage.....thanks for the pics.

 

[Nyboy]

wow any wet woodland here has skunk cabbage, I assumed it was the same all over.Nice photos you have a good eye.

 

[Kassaundra]

Nice pics, I love most all things nature and macro. I do not know if we have skunk cabbage, but I don't recall ever seeing it. I don't know what the black slime is, but it sounds like a good villain for Doctor Who. lol