Tinder fungus - Fomes fomentarius ?

Thanks for comments & critiques. Cheers, Sam.

hi, the grass in the foreground brings the mess in this simple and interesiting picture

Marek, thanks very much for your critique. I know what you feel. But my philosophy in nature photography is to leave a scene, where I find something to shoot, as it is. This is not a studio or laboratory setting. It's nature & so it may be a bit messy for our minds, often trained to the extreme to clean up our environment. Cheers, Sam.