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Originally Posted by susie123

That spotty botty fungus - common earth ball, Scleroderma citrinus...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma_citrinum

The coin tree is a kind of superstition - I've seen the one at Aira Force waterfall near Ullswater.

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Re pic 8 There is a tree stump in the woods on the walk around the reservoirs at Roddlesden with loads of coins hammered in.