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We visited Golden Acre Park on Sunday and came across lots of different types of fungi, I thought I'd share some of my photos.
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Autumn is a great time to go fungi spotting, there's even some in my garden.
1 week ago
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Fabulous Fungi
I'm fascinated by fungi. I don't know the first thing about it, but it seems magical somehow. Take this toadstool, I expect to find a fairy living underneath it.
We visited Golden Acre Park on Sunday and came across lots of different types of fungi, I thought I'd share some of my photos.
Autumn is a great time to go fungi spotting, there's even some in my garden.
We visited Golden Acre Park on Sunday and came across lots of different types of fungi, I thought I'd share some of my photos.
Autumn is a great time to go fungi spotting, there's even some in my garden.
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They are certainly fascinating to look at. I would be a bit scared to pick them and eat them though!
ReplyDeleteThere's so many different types but I don't know anything about them so I definitely wouldn't risk eating any.
DeleteAs you say they look magical and so many varieties and colours, we used to have lots growing in one of our fields when at the farm but I was never confident enough to collect them always fearing of making a mistake. xcx
ReplyDeleteI'd never eat any I'd picked myself. Some very poisonous ones are similar to safe ones and I wouldn't be confident that I'd made the right call. I'll admire them in their natural surroundings without doing the taste test.
DeleteI've spotted a few strange ones while out walking the dog. There is so much variety isn't there? I like the red & white toadstools best, I can just imagine little pixies living inside them.
ReplyDeleteI like the red and white ones best too. They the ones depicted in fairytale books so it's no wonder we associate fairies, pixies and elves with them.
DeleteThey are so amazing aren't they. Somehow they don't look real do they. I see that something has been nibbling these, so I wonder what can eat mushrooms that would be so bad for us and yet isn't bad for them. Great photos Jo! xx
ReplyDeleteI think mushrooms do get eaten but I don't know what by. I think most of these are a bit weather beaten rather than eaten though, they'd had to put up with a couple of days of heavy rain just before I took these photos.
DeleteThe fourth photo looks like something that could crawl away. I wonder if the last one is honey fungus.
ReplyDeleteIt does, such a weird and wonderful thing. I suppose it could be honey fungus though I don't know enough about it to know for sure.
DeleteWhat a fantastic selection, I'm a huge fungi fan too. I have noticed that there are many more mushrooms out all year around over the last few years, maybe something to do with our changing climate. I did enjoy seeing all these specimens....xxx
ReplyDeleteThere were so many different types to be found on Sunday, I usually just find one or two. I think you're right about them being there the year round, I can remember it being a brief period when you'd find them but you can usually uncover some whenever you're looking for them now.
DeleteYou could bring this fun guy to the Virtual Party. :)]
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I'll be popping in to see what you're all up to, probably without the fun guy.
DeleteAmazing photos - I wish I could identify funghi confidently but they only one i'm ever certain about is a puffball!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever seen a puffball, but I'd probably know what it was if I did. Not sure about any of the others though.
DeleteI wish I knew more about them. There is even a mushroom sprouting in the old potato bag I'm growing leaves in. Omelette and salad?
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be all over the place at the moment. I suppose it's ideal conditions for them.
DeleteI share your fascination with the world of fungi! I recently posted a load of photos to my Facebook album "Fungi". Are you on FB? If so, we should be friends. I also recommend you look at www.first-nature.com . They have some very good illustrations of fungi.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I've never succumbed to Facebook, I lose too much time on the computer as it is. Thank you for the link, I shall have a look at that site.
DeleteOh what a fine array Jo. I can imagine those fairies too - the fungi would provide a perfect shelter for them in the event of a shower.
ReplyDeleteI think they'd get a lot of use at the moment. I was surprised by the variety in just one location, I really need to learn more about them.
DeleteIt's a fascinating subject, which like you I know little about, and they certainly make interesting photos as you've shown here. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteThey're great photography subjects. I could have done with getting on the same level as them but I didn't fancy lying down on the ground.
DeleteWonderful photos! I would love to be able to identify fungi and forage for them too. I can identify one here the Fifth picture, red with white spots is a Fly Agaric and highly poisonous.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of that one but wouldn't have been able to put the name to a particular type so thank you for that.
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