The consistent rain continues this Summer and so do the fun(gi) finds. Some growths pop up willy nilly and disappear just as randomly. Others hang around and offer daily observation. Until they eventually give back to Mother Earth.
Photos have to be taken quickly while swatting mosquitos, even with my iphone.
The Woodland Fairies built a tiny canoe shaped cover to deal with the rain.
Complete with parasols, of course :)
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hidden cactus started blooming mid-June and continue into July
7.3.25
wild milkweed getting ready to bloom
we only have a few monarchs fluttering about this year
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so many dewy webs
(first spotted june 20th)
someone left lights on inside the tree
Two Lips are back. Not normally white.
I have seen a lot of white mushrooms this season.
One can only assume due to our excess rain.
The Blob mushrooms
Dainty horse nettle blooms.
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dipped in white chocolate
Google ID says parasitic "bolete mould"
freshly "salted" golden mushrooms
I've been told they are as delicious as Morels.
Two days later they looked like this:
I have always thought of these as wild Morning Glories,
but Google says they are Hedge Bindweed.
a larger parasol
I find the details interesting.
various Red mushrooms started appearing
No, I do not touch anything fungi/moldy with or without gloves.
Hoary Vervain, a wild type of Verbena
I leave the wild things grow where they please, but also grow these in my Butterfly Garden :)
Daily Surprises are here today, gone tomorrow
Two Lips, not fully formed.
Yes, these are my given names.
yucky sponge
Google says it is an older version of the white chocolate mushroom above.
Perhaps.
Large Velvety and Yellow (commonly seen at bottom of trees)
fairy spa
this fuzzy wuzzy was not a bear
white phalic looking mushroom popped up and lasted for days
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white phalic looking mushroom popped up and lasted for days
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a couple days of finding fuzz
tan coral finally appeared & is very common in our woods
Cinnamon colored tops started popping up
same Orange Coral has lasted over 3 weeks
7.13.25
Tank says "every day in the woods is an adventure!!"
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5 comments:
Wow you found so many interesting Fungi!
Such a great variety of mushrooms to explore. Love these photos. Every walk becomes an exploration. Nature can’t provide any better than that.
What a great world of fungi and odd flowers. Those horse nettles are a pain in one section of my pasture, but they sure are sweet and attract a lot of bees.
I bet there are all sort of [bugs] and very cool fungi on the Wintergreen trail as it has some of the same types of soil as you have there on that trail!
Waving hello to Tank!
Love the names you assigned them! You sure have a variety there. We have also been inundated with rain and have shrooms and fungi popping up all over, including ones I have never seen before. Hmmm, may have to go on a photo shoot too!
Crazy! We don’t have anything like that color around here. I wonder if you will see Indian Pipe out there. It loves those conditions, too. I’ve only found it twice in my life.
Mosquitoes are not fun. Ours are finally gone and we’re into fly and yellow jacket season.
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