Stuck at home with a fractured leg and bored, I thought I'd trawl back through a few old photos and came across this one.
Never did find out out what it was. It was growing on a fallen branch of a deciduous tree, in Wales. I'm not even sure it's fungal.
Any thoughts on what it might be?
Although it does look like a set of nicotine-stained teeth
, this is quite genuine and not a trick. They were definitely growing on the wood. In terms of size they would have been about child teeth-sized rather than adult teeth-sized.
It was possible to squish them between your fingers and the texture was a bit like a small plant bulb. There were no obvious structures under the microscope and there were no spores, so if it was fungal, it wasn't a mature spore-producing body.
This is also posted in the General Wildlife Forum, to increase the chances of someone giving me a clue as to what it might be.
HELP!
Bonus question - what is the bryophyte growing on the same branch? At least I can answer that one myself but I'll let others have a go to keep me entertained.
Ken