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I really like taking images of fungi. Thought I would try to put one in each day. If there is some other place where I should put them, let me know. This one is, Arched Earthstar, Geastium fornicatum. Will try to put in some that are a little different.
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OK, no one is into fungi.
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no but it doesn't mean we won't like the pictures. Just have never thought about it.
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We have Morels on the property each spring!
Haven't tried them yet!
Anyone have a good recipes for morels?
They come up just as the oak tree starts to bloom over a period of 4 weeks.
For todays fungi we have Poison Pie, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, this one was in a lawn.
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Todays mushroom is a great looking mushroom, one of the poison ones, Fly Agaric, Amanita Muscaria.
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yeah but it is cool looking. keep them coming.
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I believe that at least most of the ones that are brightly colored are poisonous, but that isn't a good rule to go by as there are probably plain mushrooms that would kill you also.
The most deadly in the world is a plain looking cream color and is also an amanita,
Amanita phalloides. Available in North America if you have a need for it.
Another Amanita today, Amanita aprica, Sunshine Amanita.
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Dealing with mushrooms the last few days has brought to my mind an old English ballad that I believe is titled "Lord Randall". It's about a young man that comes home and his sweetheart apparently poisoned him. He says to his mother, "Make my bed soon for I'm sick to the heart and I fain would lay doon." With the word "doon" it might be Scottish rather than English. I do care a lot for the old folk songs and I have that particular tune on a record I bought over 50 years ago.
Very likely she gave him one of the Amanita's.
Todays fungi, Red Coral Mushroom, Ramaria araiospora.
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That one looks pretty enough to eat, but more then likely isn't!
Todays fungi, Strobilurus trullisatus, Fir-Cone Mushroom.
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Wow, those are little guys.
The fungi for today is Pigs Ears, isn't there some great common names for these things?
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That sounds like a good name. LOL
Great pics kd, the red is particularly vibrant!
I love fungi..........when camping one year in the Smokey's the entire woods were literally vibrant with them. There were some that resembled your red coral but also came in yellow, lavender, orange, brown and white. There were some red and white spotted ones and lots of others in shapes and colors I had never seen. I made a mushroom garden in a large flat pan but I guess they didn't like the change in climate because they rotted and no others appeared.
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