What lovely fungi photos, Kate! Each so unique, otherworldly, beautiful! A whole ‘other world is a buzz around, and under, the fungi…a world that Human-Beans are often too self-absorbed and too busy to notice! 😉 Fungi have sprouted up in literature, fairy tales, folk tales. 🙂
Even the names for fungi are wonderful!
HUGS!!! 🙂
PS…again…fungi or fun-guys…love both!!! 😉 😀
They are sòoo cute…i am not sure i’ve seen one around (or maybe i just dont go out much lol) but they looke really pretty. Are they of the same family of mushroom? Can they also be eaten?
Fascinating variety, Kate! Inspiring a powerful temptation to make a dinner of them. Except…
As you mentioned, such would be a superb treat, or it easily could become a disastrous, or even fatal, indulgence. Better left to those trained to recognize edible species. Speaking of whom…
My father often told me of a man, in his childhood neighborhood, who had been born in Poland. After a good rain, this man would enter the forest with two empty pillowcases, and would emerge a couple hours later with both stuffed to capacity with mushrooms. He never told anyone where his treasure trove was located, but it yielded a savory bounty.
Of course, when this man was a child, most Eastern Europeans not living is big cities learned early to identify mushrooms. It was, and to some degree still is, part of their culinary heritage.
we had a top chef here kill himself and two friends when he made a mistaken choice of mushrooms … we used to collect them in old railway tunnels as kids but we knew they were the edible kind 🙂
I remember now the name of these type mushrooms are called as Shetake Mushrooms and mostly we get them at Chinese Restaurants. But luckily we are not having problems though I know they can be very poisonous too.
OOOh… you picked ‘The phallic fungi!’ At least that’s what it looks like to me!
Thanks for including it I have no idea what it is… apparently there are others Phallic fungi too – But I haven’t ID’d the one in the photo.
What lovely fungi photos, Kate! Each so unique, otherworldly, beautiful! A whole ‘other world is a buzz around, and under, the fungi…a world that Human-Beans are often too self-absorbed and too busy to notice! 😉 Fungi have sprouted up in literature, fairy tales, folk tales. 🙂
Even the names for fungi are wonderful!
HUGS!!! 🙂
PS…again…fungi or fun-guys…love both!!! 😉 😀
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The first two look like cookies!!
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They are sòoo cute…i am not sure i’ve seen one around (or maybe i just dont go out much lol) but they looke really pretty. Are they of the same family of mushroom? Can they also be eaten?
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Did you know fungi are more closely related to animals than plants? These are beautiful photos!
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I didn’t know that … how so?
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A Mushroom Anthem
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/a-mushroom-anthem/
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We’ve had some interesting fungi pop up too. 🙂
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Fascinating variety, Kate! Inspiring a powerful temptation to make a dinner of them. Except…
As you mentioned, such would be a superb treat, or it easily could become a disastrous, or even fatal, indulgence. Better left to those trained to recognize edible species. Speaking of whom…
My father often told me of a man, in his childhood neighborhood, who had been born in Poland. After a good rain, this man would enter the forest with two empty pillowcases, and would emerge a couple hours later with both stuffed to capacity with mushrooms. He never told anyone where his treasure trove was located, but it yielded a savory bounty.
Of course, when this man was a child, most Eastern Europeans not living is big cities learned early to identify mushrooms. It was, and to some degree still is, part of their culinary heritage.
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we had a top chef here kill himself and two friends when he made a mistaken choice of mushrooms … we used to collect them in old railway tunnels as kids but we knew they were the edible kind 🙂
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I know they are indeed ‘just’ fungi but they are amazing and I love the variety you’ve shown here.
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Such cool fungi!
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Wow nice fungis and the first two I think they serve in restaurants. Lovely pictures, Kate.
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I’ve never seen them, it would be dangerous to try 🙂
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I remember now the name of these type mushrooms are called as Shetake Mushrooms and mostly we get them at Chinese Restaurants. But luckily we are not having problems though I know they can be very poisonous too.
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often either deadly or they give a very high trip … so not more me, I’ll stick to photos 🙂
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The large disc ones remind me of sugar cookies. I know that any mushroom with color is a warning not to be eaten. Lovely images.
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My fungi photos are on another computer but here is a nice look at lichen which show up on my oak trees on our damp days~!
https://mcouvillion.wordpress.com/2020/01/17/the-beauty-of-poetry-and-nature/
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Fungi are very much rare in my urban city, even in parks here. May find some in the countryside.
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how very sad Hammad, at least you can enjoy our photos 🙂
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OOOh… you picked ‘The phallic fungi!’ At least that’s what it looks like to me!
Thanks for including it I have no idea what it is… apparently there are others Phallic fungi too – But I haven’t ID’d the one in the photo.
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Beautiful, thanks for sharing these photos
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my pleasure, please feel free to click on the links here as many have posted much better pics than me 🙂
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