![Gully with fallen trees. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. Gully with fallen trees. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQo_38zxur5702pzDyxa8zQ9qyjmju0a6K185isIm5w6iYTaYE4XsAftQwOQbpie29zUQam-JBVQ1yxWEvdi44DPKzPufvBQEV-nXmY_-qNZCq09t5-LBcBFdxL0JPCgzW_V-T_2FT2zt/s1600/view_farninghamwood_2013.11.28_01.jpg) |
Gully with fallen trees. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. |
I walked through Farningham Wood recently and came across a depression, a sort of dry gully, full of fallen trees. They had been there for a long while, perhaps since the storm of 1987, or perhaps they had fallen individually at various times, but none looked recent. A strange place.
I was watching out for late fungi, but saw very few. There were probably many more, but the fallen leaves will have covered some up, and also a single person always misses a lot compared to a group. The only fungus photo I came back with was this:
![Ascocoryne sarcoides, Purple Jellydisc. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. Ascocoryne sarcoides, Purple Jellydisc. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOtqk9_7yFGMuuadqlOj4rUwPJUImsZNyCuOwMxKLvnxrFc2ey2GZ2VOcHdDLZg1ZhDHm_V45uw59hWZUKUHflrs48QsbmtQOSeism2GpskBQsUvkZSIErl2Xb5hH1SJpXlify0R2IcvS/s1600/fungus_ascocoryne_sarcoides_2013.11.28_a.jpg) |
Ascocoryne sarcoides, Purple Jellydisc. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. |
I find it hard to resist taking a photo of this species, which looks like miniature intestines. This growth was about three inches across.
![Broad Buckler Fern, Dryopteris dilatata. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. Broad Buckler Fern, Dryopteris dilatata. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWtlDKFtnvQP9vi58smucUhUY9V2oqcybSSPblU7nlFFsgk8SHZoSecMWNMT2EgWTg_Oz4aKFUosqGEDue8pWfw36kdkqinin2NikNWrbzoMRibbcVS4ONwi9AUD5h1ojZ7jg6qicZWxG/s1600/fern_buckler_broad_2013.11.28_a.jpg) |
Broad Buckler Fern, Dryopteris dilatata. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. |
Not everything is brown. You can see some leafage in the top photo. And when there is less greenery, ferns stand out better, and there were a few of these Broad Buckler Ferns. They are tripinnate; the individual fronds branch three times.
At the top of a rise at the north end of the wood I saw a crudely made memorial seat.
![Crude memorial seat. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. Crude memorial seat. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOOrrWC4ly1fFHcpbEAVhVYbFylZsPcDQD6iW6o3Zj_U_msyBXeyMNwfYiUgo_RVGTOSo4R3mp-Klf6a0UOju4E_C9pdCvw8lbZApCoYG3z1AtOIWxlTEhKyJa4hFm_FB6VDpiG9nyNWx/s1600/seat_farninghamwood_2013.11.28_a.jpg) |
Crude memorial seat. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. |
There were dedications on the oaks at either side, one of them quite old:
![Dedication by crude memorial seat. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. Dedication by crude memorial seat. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTV_clezvkDefUq1E-p_lwGr_LW6y6ST6lYxbu8PutyANZDEAQchuQKVgldGxGAdFF2LvvJQs6V_KFAi2Zi15u8_byCheP5gGXW8oOXN3nvC7_7gqXYuWdxYebW3FuomjDxbN4wR91ho7/s1600/seat_farninghamwood_2013.11.28_b.jpg) |
Dedication by crude memorial seat. Farningham Wood, 28 November 2013. |
The tree's bark has started to grow over the nail heads at the left of this one. So, roughly made, but apparently well constructed, and I expect that many people will have rested here. The slope up from the north is quite steep and there is plenty of undergrowth in other directions.