Can you see it?

I don’t mean the rubbish – sadly, this is very typical of what comes floating down the River Ely in to Cardiff Bay and on out to the Bristol Channel, and thence to the Irish Sea. I’m talking about the two blobs of orange on the large log.

Obviously I couldn’t get very close to these fungi but they are distinctive enough to identify with confidence – these are Velvet shanks (Flammulina velutipes). I can’t help but wonder where they will end up. It’s certainly a perfect example of how easily flora and fauna can spread around the country, the globe.