{"id":1383,"date":"2014-02-27T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2014-06-30T20:16:02","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T20:16:02","slug":"death-and-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1383","title":{"rendered":"Death and Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Scarlet Elf Cup\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Scarlet Elf Cup\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010963_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>           <br \/>Scarlet Elf Cups amongst the moss covered debris on the woodland floor in Didsbury.           <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crack Willow destroyed in the recent storms\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crack Willow destroyed in the recent storms\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010990_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>           <br \/>70mph winds, saturated ground and a few old favourites come crashing down. Thankfully the park authorities leave the shattered limbs in place helping to ensure there\u2019s a plentiful supply of decaying wood available for the next generation of Elf Cups. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jelly Ear on decaying Elder\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jelly Ear on decaying Elder\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010970_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" \/>           <br \/>Jelly Ear           <br \/>Another fungi to benefit from the supply of decaying wood. Tends to prefer dead wood that is still attached to the tree<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mica Ink Cap \" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mica Ink Cap \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010962_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" \/>           <br \/>Mica Ink Caps           <br \/>Relatively common on fallen limbs especially when the more advanced stages of decay have set in.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crack Willow blown over in Stenner Woods\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crack Willow blown over in Stenner Woods\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1010992_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" \/>           <br \/>The impressive root system of a Crack Willow. It may even be large enough to support some regrowth.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1020004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blackthorn in flower adjacent to Millgate Fields\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blackthorn in flower adjacent to Millgate Fields\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P1020004_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" \/>             <br \/><\/a>Blackthorn &#8211; the first sign of Spring in flower since the 18th February . 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