Fallen oak, dead but alive

When Filnore Woods was first re-created in 1987, there were two large oak trees side by side.  But in 1993, one of them fell over.  

The roots had rotted.  This apparently dead hulk, with the branches forming antlers like a stag's, still supports a myriad of small life forms:  beetle larvae, mosses, lichens, fungi.

 In the cracks and splits of the old wood, you can find tiny but graceful toadstools

While the old tree's twin continues in robust good health alongside.