PECULIAR TOADSTOOL
Found beneath rotting birch in November rain. Cap surface displays irregular concentric rings of russet and umber, as though someone attempted to paint a target on it and gave up halfway through. Smells faintly of wet pennies. Has been growing in the same spot for three years despite repeated attempts to relocate it. Appears to have a personality.
MYCOLOGICAL SPECIMENMOSS CLUSTER #47
A dense colony of star moss colonizing the north face of a limestone wall. Each individual plant is barely 4mm tall yet the collective covers an area of approximately 30cm square. Under magnification, the colony resembles a miniature old-growth forest. Has survived two winters and one aggressive pressure-washing campaign by a landlord who did not understand what they were destroying.
BRYOPHYTE COLONYGARDEN TOAD
Common toad, uncommon character. Maintains a territory of approximately 2 square meters beneath the garden shed. Emerges at dusk to sit on the warm paving stones and blink at passing humans with an expression of ancient philosophical patience. Has been observed eating slugs with visible satisfaction. Tolerates being photographed. Does not tolerate being picked up.
AMPHIBIAN RESIDENTPERSISTENT SNAIL
A garden snail of no particular species distinction but remarkable tenacity. Discovered attempting to cross a patio on a dry afternoon -- an endeavor roughly equivalent to a human crossing the Sahara on foot. Shell pattern features a clockwise spiral in three shades of brown that would make a competent watercolorist envious. Currently under observation. Progress measured in centimeters per hour.
MOLLUSC SURVEYRIVER STONE COLLECTION
Seventeen stones retrieved from the bed of a shallow stream over the course of four visits. Each selected for an indefinable quality that compelled picking up. Collectively they represent approximately 400 million years of geological history and weigh 1.3kg. They live in a bowl on the windowsill. When the light hits them wet, each one is briefly the most beautiful object in the house.
GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENSRUSTED KEY
Provenance unknown. Found half-buried in garden soil during spring planting. The bow is ornate -- a style suggesting late 19th century manufacture. The bit is too corroded to function in any surviving lock. It opens nothing. It belongs to nothing. It is entirely without practical purpose and therefore entirely free to be appreciated for its own sake. Patina: excellent.
FOUND OBJECT