Could you please identify whatâs growing extensively in my grass? They are about 5cm tall, appeared about a month ago and show no sign or dying off. I never saw anything like them before. â
John Stringer, Douglas Road, Cork
Itâs a fungus called earth tongue. It grows in mossy lawns, particularly near the coast from September to December. Garden spider cobweb
We found these cobwebs outside on our patio table. At 10 inches in diameter, they seem unusually large. â
Terry Malone, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath
They look like the cobwebs of the common garden spider. A shrew
Last month, from the foliage attached to a Christmas log, what I thought was a small mouse darted out and scurried beneath the dishwater. I caught it in a trap and found with regret that it was a shrew. â