Today, Den Treek Henschoten nature reserve.
Quite some fungi; some frozen and basically dead, while other species are better adapted to winter weather.
Split gill fungi on a branch of a fallen tree.
A species which can survive frost well: Polyporus brumalis.
Great spotted woodpeckers. Two blue tits drinking from a small hole in ice.
Oyster mushroom. Bleeding oak crust.
On a coniferous tree stump, stag horn fungus.
Finally, a bank vole in the forest undergrowth. Bank vole photos: here.
Extremotolerance in fungi: evolution on the edge: here.
White bank vole caught by kestrel in Norway: here.
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