Yesterday, while walking in the woods, I decided to return to a mushroom site I observed about three weeks ago. This is a tree mushroom called the Northern Sponge Mushroom (Climacocystis borealis).

Generally, I had no particular goal, just simple curiosity about how the mushroom functions, how big it has grown, and whether it is even there?

Imagine my surprise when, on a mushroom, I once again encountered the garden slayer and farmer's terror: a certain snail. As it turned out, it was quite a climber.

This snail is the omnivorous, greedy Arion lusitanicus. Growing up to 15 cm in length, this invasive species has been introduced to almost all of Europe. Unfortunately, it's a serious pest of all crops, and as you can see, it's not the only one, as it also feeds on mushrooms.

After finishing my visit to the white tree mushroom, I continued my walk and noticed a mushroom in the grass along the park path, already in a slightly decayed state, called the shrimp russula mushroom (Russula xerampelina).

I thought to myself that this was a rarity, as there are few mushrooms in a public park, so I would do a quick photo session with him.

Imagine my surprise when I bent down and decided to take photos from below. Who did I meet?

In fact, I once again encountered a greedy slug called the Arion lusitanicus, which snaked around a mushroom stem, literally destroying it. These examples are thought-provoking.

And finally, I found a few more nice arboreal tinder beetles on fallen trees, so I took a few shots of them too.