Puffballs and Fencepost at Knockdon

Puffballs do not have an open cap with spore-bearing gills. Instead, spores are produced internally in a sort of stomach which then explodes (to use the scientific term!) to release the spores and hence reproduce.

Puffball - pre-explosion

Puffballs - post-explosion

I also thought I'd add a photo of another amusing fencepost I saw today at Knockdon. I wish the lichenologists were around to identify the lichens!
Becky

Another Fencepost

It's been too long since I posted a fencepost! This one's down Glen Astle on the Oa and I'm sure it looks a bit like an animal (probably a reptile or amphibian given its kind of rough 'skin' (lichen)), but I can't quite make my mind up what species. Any ideas?
Becky

Golden-ringed Dragonfly and a 'real' fence post

Everyone's sending me photos of fence posts and I love it! Thanks to local member Peter Roberts for this one and the scary Golden-ringed Dragonfly photo. Great to see a head-on photo like this! Thanks Peter and Pia!