[polly nator]

Any idea what these are? I found a cluster of them tightly clumped together with the tips almost poking out of the soil, near the trunk of a cherry tree. The biggest is 33 mm There are more still in the soil

[Yorkie]

They look as though they could be bulbs for perhaps spring flowering flowers???

Can you remember what came up in that area in the last 12 months?

[mumofstig]

They look a bit like fat mooli/ daikon roots 

[New shoot]

I think they belong to Arum italicum (Lords and Ladies) 

[polly nator]

Thanks for your replies everyone. The puzzle remains a I didnt plant anything in that position. They are right up against the tree trunk. Some of them are incredibly sticky - so much so that you coud use them instead of a Pritt Stick!  I will have to wait and see what comes up.