Weather: Rain. Temperature 8.4° (5.7° higher than normal), min. 4°, max. 14°, min. over preceding two weeks is -7°. Wind speed 19.5 km/hour. Precipitation 1.0 mm (68% normal), preceding two weeks 237% normal, preceding two months 111% normal.
Purplepore bracket fungus (Trichaptum abietinum) on a dry spruce tree near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
False Tinder Conk mushrooms (Phellinus tremulae, a parasitic fungus of aspen) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
False Tinder Conk mushrooms (Phellinus tremulae) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
False Tinder Conk mushrooms (Phellinus tremulae) on aspen near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
False Tinder Conk mushrooms (Phellinus tremulae, aspen polypore fungus) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
Sprucecone cap mushroom (Strobilurus esculentus) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
Prostrate form of Red-Belt Conk (polypore mushroom Fomitopsis pinicola) on a spruce log near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea(?) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea(?) on a tall stump of spruce tree near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
Skeletocutis amorpha mushroom on a spruce stump near Kavgolovskoe Lake north from Toksovo, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
Sprucecone cap mushroom (Strobilurus esculentus) taken from area south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
Cap of sprucecone cap mushroom (Strobilurus esculentus) taken from area south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
Small saprobic fungus Sarcoscypha austriaca taken from area south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
Small fungus Sarcoscypha austriaca on a twig taken from area south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 5, 2017
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