Months observed
Brittle cinder
Kretzschmaria deutsa
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Fungi
Resupinate encruster up to 7 cm in extent. Early (infertile) stage with a white rim and grey powdery irregularly knobbly core (upper picture). Sexual stage (lower picture) a black knobbly mass with small pimple-like osteoles.
Encrusting the side of a stump of a holly tree near North wall. Both sexual and asexual stages found in February