A gap in the more or less constant rain.
A number of Lime trees were planted in Raphoe town square in the early 1900's as a token of remembrance to local soldiers who died in the 1914-1918 war. Over the years, the configuration of the town 'diamond' has changed and one specimen has become surrounded with concrete and tar and it has now, sadly, died. 2005 was the last year it bore leaves. This page shows a number of lichens and fungi that now adorn the trunk of the tree.
Flammulina velutipes normally has a dark, velvet stipe, but these specimens have an orange one. These little variations keep mycologists on their toes.
The bright yellow/green lichen is Xanthoria parietina.
Two crustose lichens on the south-west face of the trunk.
Ramalina ?fastigiata.
This looks like an odd Parmelia.
These are the droppings of some kind of bark-boring larva.