Black 'blobby' for ID please:-)

[sunnydale]

Hi all,

Humble apologies for the poor quality of pic 1
Although the 'blobs' look brown-ish, they were actually more black in colour. Irregular shapes and firm to the touch!

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Thanks,

Tracey.x

[alge]

Hello Tracey,

1 looks like Xylaria polymorpha or Dead mans fingers I have found a lot lately growing on stumps and fallen branches, If you find a group again try cutting one down the middle it should be bright white inside.

No credible input for 2 sorry so i'll leave that for the Wabbers who know.

alex

[Lancashire Lad]

No.2 might be newly emerging Turkeytail - Trametes versicolor, certainly a bracket of some sort. But there's not enough detail for me to be fully confident.

Regards.