I tried to identify this cute little fungus but all I could find was "Tiny Umbrella Fungus"
It was really tiny and was hidden away in a crack in a tree. I have seen similar fungi before but usually in groups of different size and usually they are bigger than this particular specimen. The first image is slightly larger than life size while the second picture is greatly enlarged. It shows the surface which at first appeared smooth actually has a frost like coating. It would have been easy to miss this so I am glad I didn't and that I got to share it...
A woodland walk on a wet Saturday (or any other day of the week for that matter) will provide lots of great photo opportunities you just have to keep your eyes open and have an eye for what makes an interesting shot.
If you have seen my blog before you will know that I love the small things that would easily be missed and I find things like the droplets of water in the pictures above to be really beautiful. I love the way they hold their form and the way they cling to the minute hairs on the surface of the leaf. I love the reflections they capture and the way they magnify and expose the patterns within the leaf. There really is so much beauty here.
What surprised me too about these images was that these droplets are on new growth on Honeysuckle, which while perfectly at home in the woodland it seemed very early in the season to find such growth and I hope that as the weather turns to what would normally be expected from this time of the year these tender new shoots are not damaged.
