Fall Fungi

Seen in the garden the last few days.

When we turned over a branch that had been laying on the ground for months as part of a rustic fence this brilliant blue/violet fungi was so startling I had to take a picture.

 Several years ago we had a decaying water oak taken down in the little wood. The 3 ft stump was left and I had visions of growing mushrooms on it. Then I saw squirrels munching on toadstools in the garden and gave up that idea. The stump now produces fresh fungi for other creatures.

Squirrels use the flat top of the stump as a dining table