A while back I posted a photo of an emergent (baby) fly agaric … which sparked an interesting thread of comments. Well, here’s the fully grown version.
Fly Agaric open cap: 13 November 2018
It’s not often I arrive on the scene before the sparrows and squirrels have taken their bites. Here’s a rare one that’s survived more or less intact.
And as a reminder, here’s ‘Baby Joe’
crispina kemp 
There’s a bit of irony: one of the posts that just came up for me in “MORE IN CRIMSONPROSE” is one entitled “Earth Eggs and Brackets” which begins, “The last of my fungi photos . . .”
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Ah, well, you see, you gave to grease palms to earn such coincidentals. But, ‘Earth Eggs and Brackets’? Wasn’t that two years ago? Or did I do some last yeat? So many fungi, so many photos, so many posts. 🙂
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It was from Oct. 30, 2016. Apparently WP found a mystical connection between that and today’s post that put it ahead over all other fungi posts.
Or maybe they’ve been eating too many fungi.
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No, I think I’ll go for the mystical connection. 30th October? Isn’t that close to Halloween? And 9th Dec, close to my brother’s birthday. Clearly the mythical connection if Mithras.
On the other hand …
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Wow! What a difference from baby to adult! I would have thought they were two separate varieties! Then again, I know absolutely diddly-squat about ‘shrooms…
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If you look closely you can see a few scraps of the white left. Those ‘spots’ are what remain of a cowl that the head breaks through on emerging from the earth. But in wet weather they tend to be washed away.
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Really closely…😉 and if you are in the know, like you!
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Yea, well, admittedly there was a dusting of debris. Now you understand my comment regards perfect on the parasol fungi. It is unusual.
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Absolutely. I shall just enjoy the many varieties through you!
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Thus ensuring I continue to post them?
Well, from the very first post I made on the blog I did say, ‘So long as at least one person sees it, I shall be happy …’ So, so long as there’s an audience, I shall continue to post the fungi. 🙂
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Absolutely!
I am sure I am not alone in enjoying what you share…
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No, I’m beginning to realise folks like photos of fungi! Perhaps it’s because mostly fungi are inconspicuous, and you have to be on foot, and away from traffic to find them? So they’re not commonly seen.
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And, let’s face it, the ones you find are gorgeous!
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I do try to present them as such. Obviously, you don’t see the rubbishy stuff that remain forever deeply hidden in my picture folder!
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And you do it so well.
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I thank you. And I’m it gladdens me deep that you enjoy them.
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🍄🍄🧡🍄🍄
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Hey, we’d you find the Agaric emoticons? Brilliant. Love it!
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Cool, eh? On my phone…
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Not jealous, I’m not jealous. My phone’s so old it works by steam-power. But it’s got a fantastic hooter! Or is that a ring-tone?
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Hahahaha!!!
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Hey, did I learn something from all those comedians I worked with? Well no, cos no matter what, I’m not gonna bite the head off a hamster. No, I suppose that makes any sense to you. 🙂
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Ummm….
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No comment. 🙂
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Another stunner! I would never have thought that those were the same kind of mushroom at different stages. Very interesting. And I can see why the birds and squirrels like it — it looks like a dessert!
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I’m not sure that birds and squirrels share our ideas about deserts. But I agree, they look so unalike. That’s why I was pleased when I found this flat-platter-mama, and almost untouched. Not sure if that’s a slice cut out, or a split.
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