Freaky Fungi
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freaky fungi forms
a mycologist’s delight
the beauty of spores
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This is the follow up to my mushroom hunting adventure. I saved the two wildest mushrooms for this second post. If you’re brave, you can click on the images for a closer look at these freaky fungi!
May all your mushrooms be freaky!
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That first one does have the most beautiful color.
Have a great Sunday.
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Thanks Drew. Yes the color is wonderful, and the ragged edges capture my fancy.
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Indeed.
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🙂
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Your poem does justice to the pictures.
And they are freaky fungi indeed!
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Thank you Cynthia.
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yay! here’s to freaky fungi!! perfect for upcoming autumn and october’s halloween!
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Yes. They’re pretty freaky.:)
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These pictures are brilliant, Brad. The poem is great too.
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Thank you Robbie. These mushrooms definitely stir my imagination.
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I enjoyed your poem about mushrooms. Do you like picking them yourself?
I love walking the forest floor and look at these rather fantastic beings but although I am pretty
sure about three of the safe ones I don’t take the risk of poisoning anyone.
During ” mushroom time ” the forest fills with pickers.
Miriam
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No Miriam. I never pick or eat them. I would only do so with an expert.
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Wow, these are freaky! And the first one appears to be eaten.
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Yes Cindy or a monster mushroom with teeth. 🙂
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It’s that time of the year, we often go on walks to specifically take photographs of the freaky fungi in our urban forest! Yours’ are particularly beautiful!
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Thanks Kim. I bet you have many interesting varieties in the Vancouver area. Please share photos of your freaky finds. 🙂
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Great captures…so intriguing!!
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Thanks Kirt!
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Wow loved the first mushroom, Brad and u know I love eating lime and spicy mushrooms they r too good. A nice poem too.
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Thanks Kamal. That sounds like a lively dish.
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Yes Brad very tasty with a little olive oil and I put mushrooms in most of my salads u too must try. When I make tuna salad and eat mushrooms with it the dish is awesome
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The second one is rather… um… creepy looking. Ha ha. Something that might sneak into the house at night and consume its human victims. 🙂 I hope you had fun mushrooming.
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Agreed Diana. Now that we’re talking I’m thinking it would be a good photo prompt!
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That’s exactly what I was thinking!
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🙂
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Great Pictures Brad and poem.. Fungi is incredible .. I used to be fascinated by the Puffball varieties which must have millions of spores..
Enjoy the rest of your week my friend 🙂
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Thanks Sue. There are so many fascinating species.:)
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Fantastically Freaky 🙂
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Ha ha. Thanks Andrea!
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I’m no longer sure I have the stomach for mushroom hunting:).! Cool pics, though.
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Thanks Kristine. It seems there is an interesting backstory there.
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Freaky fun!
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Ha ha. Funny friends. 🙂
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Very interesting captures of funghi, Brad. They do look out of the ordinary and as you said, a bit freaky. They could pass of as monsters in a nightmare. Hope you are doing well, Brad. I read your last few posts and it seems you have a lot going on for you, and I hope you work it all out soon 🙂
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Thanks for caring Mabel. I know it will work out and some days are challenging. 🙂 Thank goodness for friends and freaky fungi to ease my soul.
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Maybe the change in seasons will bring a change in your fortune and lifestyle for the better, Brad. Take care 🙂
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What’s beautiful to some, is, um, freaky to others. 🙂 Your posts remind me of a time I lived near the DE/PA border, which sometimes calls itself the mushroom capital of the US. If the wind shifted the right way, you could smell those mushroom ‘farms.’ Made me eat less mushrooms, but now when I visit a restaurant in that area I order their specialty: Mushroom Soup. http://www.delawaretoday.com/Delaware-Today/September-2016/How-Kennett-Square-Became-the-Unofficial-Mushroom-Capital-of-the-World/
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Thanks Pam. I didn’t know about PA being such a big mushroom growing area. Fun backstory, and also said to hear how it’s another industry being taken over by giant farms and companies.
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Yes, sad. I have such a healthy respect for farmers. A few weeks ago I took a tour of a local farm that is doing tremendously (people here in NE really DO appreciate fresh, local produce, etc.) An hour tour, learning about the 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. business, and I was exhausted. And vowed I’d always go to my local farm stand from now on.
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Agreed Pam. I have tremendous respect and awe for the level of work and commitment it takes to grow for local markets.
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