These small, clustering ‘bonnets’ are as much iconic fungi as the totally boring button mushroom of supermarkets and kitchens.
These small, clustering ‘bonnets’ are as much iconic fungi as the totally boring button mushroom of supermarkets and kitchens.
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Like little clusters of grapes!
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Yea, I guess they are. Or Action Man helmets. Usually I find these cascading into every crevace of a rotten stump of a tree. Unusual to find them edgeing a path; probably a seepage from whatever was on the other side of a solid, wooden, peep-proof fence. π
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Yes. Little army helmets…
Very cool.
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These are amongst my favourites. No, actually, they all are.
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Oh my they are beautiful. Most people I think miss the beauty of mushrooms. I love their variety of shapes, colors and awesome textures. Great shot.
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I thank you. I confess to being obsessed. But I do seek out the best photos for the blog, to show the variety in colour and form, and how unlikely some fungi seem. Happy you like. π
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When I saw them on my Reader, I thought they might be blueberries- but I knew they couldn’t be because after all it is Fungi Sunday. Are they edible? If not they have a cousin that is… Well either that or the nice ladies at The Living Room are trying to knock a few of us outta the lunch lineβ¦ π
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Alas, my field guide doesn’t say, neither yay nor nay. But the fact it doesn’t label them as poisonous might suggest edibility.
I’m guessing they are burgundydrops, but they belong to a huge family, many of which differ only marginally. Myself, I wouldn’t rish eating them. But then, I’m a gastronomic wimp! π
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Fantastic – the detail and the colour…a beautiful photo π
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I thank you. Sammi.
No fungi today; it’s Asaric Update Sunday. But the fungi will be back next Sunday. Until I run out of decent and interesting fungi photos.
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