Not a great picture, but I am very excited, as when I got home and zoomed in on this picture I discovered I had taken my first ever picture of springtails! There are seven of them I think! (I don't know if anyone can make out a more specific Springtail ID?)

The fungi is Common Jellyspot (Dacrymyces stillatus), a widespread and common fungi found on wet timber like this wooden railing. It is a small orange gelatinous saprotrophic (decomposer) jelly fungus.

Tags:   Springtails Collembola Fungi Insects Wood Common Jellyspot Dacrymyces stillatus Fence December Winter Marsh Farm Country Park Essex South Woodham Ferrers Jelly Fungus Dacrymycetaceae Saprtrophic Blue Springtail Vertagopus arboreus Isotomidae

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