A simple scene from the woodland floor is the subject of today’s post, a miniature landscape painted by Nature of a sheltered spot where the fallen leaves haven’t yet disintegrated into mush and the tiny black-and-white fingers of Candlesnuff fungi have emerged from a small branch to reach up as far as they can so that their spores can be dispersed amongst the trees. It’s a scene we have probably all walked past and ignored, and yet it’s really quite beautiful if we take the time to look.