Category Archives: Photos

Sunday Fungi: Beneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree

Posted on December 1, 2019 by crispina kemp

And I bring to you this Sunday… And lo! An undershot too…

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Parasites and Fungi

Posted on November 30, 2019 by crispina kemp

It took me a while to find a name for this very small fungus. Paecilomyces farinosus… which is parasitic on buried moth pupae. Alternatively,00 it could be a white variant of the yellow stagshorn… though I’d say it’s too small … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #55

Posted on November 27, 2019 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: Beneath the Spider’s Protective Web

Posted on November 24, 2019 by crispina kemp

Fungus, and spider’s web, and raindrops… nailed in triplicate!

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All in a Lull

Posted on November 23, 2019 by crispina kemp

I tend to hide in the warm and the dry at this time of day, especially at this time of year. But being late in returning from a walk, and with camera still primed into my hand… I here give … Continue reading →

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Crimsons’s Creative Challenge #54

Posted on November 20, 2019 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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Sunday Picture Post: Reflections on a Woodland Walk

Posted on November 17, 2019 by crispina kemp

I interrupt the Fungi Fest, for this week only, to bring you this… cos it was amazing. I went in search of pine trees, for their specific fungi. But the woodland is mixed with deciduous. And on this one DRY … Continue reading →

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One Grey and Misty Morn

Posted on November 16, 2019 by crispina kemp

November began with heavy mist. But I refused to stay home. Beyond the farmer’s field, the trees and hills strain to be seen through the mist. Mist: one of the titles in #2019picoftheweek challenge. For details see MariaAntonia

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At the Meeting of One with Another

Posted on November 12, 2019 by crispina kemp

We humans have recognised the liminal times since our first awakening – the change of winter into spring, of summer into winter, the pivotal solstice as the old year yields to the new. So too the liminal places where water … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: What’s This?

Posted on November 10, 2019 by crispina kemp

Not all fungi are mushroom-shaped. Many are brackets. But some also are… this I tend not to frequent pine forests. Which might explain why, in all these years, this is my first encounter with the Yellow Stagshorn, for it likes … Continue reading →

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