Three Kingdoms; Fungus, Plant, Animal.

My year wouldn't be complete without  a photograph of a Dryad's saddle,  a gigantic polypore fungus formally  known as Polyporus squamosus. 
The generic name Polyporus means 'many pores' whilst the specific epithet squamosus means 'scaly'. A Dryad  was a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology.


Extra. The last of the hawthorn blossom. Spot the fly!