WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Guest host Lignum Draco asks us to experiment with something unusual.
A sudden appearance of some unusual fungus in opposite sides of my yard on the fringes of woodland surpised me!
I still don’t know what this one is above.
But the bottom one is “Strobilomyces strobilaceus, also called Strobilomyces floccopus and commonly known as old man of the woods, is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. It is native to Europe and North America. ” Wikipedia
This one appeared just in front of my car parked in my driveway. I don’t think I’ll eat it.
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Mushrooms and fungus can really be very surprising. It depends on the weather and water and maybe rain, and if the combination is right, they will start popping up like your best friends 😀 Beautiful captures of the fungus you captured. Beautiful orange colour and they look…so friendly. But I am sure they might also be rather sinister. That one that appeared by your car looks massive (or maybe it’s just a close up photo). Maybe it took a liking to your car. I don’t like stepping on fungi or mushrooms – they do have an air of beauty about them.
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I learned that they are both edible and the orange ones are a chanterelle. While the “old man of the woods” is larger, it’s not as gigantic as it looks – just the close-up!
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Beautiful images! I especially like the orange ones – they are just so cool looking!
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Thanks! I do too. They’re really quite tiny. Next time I’ll include something for perspective.
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