Fungi (in the garden)

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I was bemoaning the fact that even thought it has been quite wet, I hadn’t seen many fungi. For quite a number of weeks it rained most days, with occasional bursts of sunshine that were warm to hot. Did I mention humid. One day it reached 31C, the day before and day after were wet and in the low 20C’s

The first little fungi I found were a small yellow umbrella and some small puff balls among some gravel that I though at first were white stones. Then I noticed someone had taken a few bites out of one

You can tell how small it is by the size of the blades of grass

A couple of days later, on the grass outside the front there were so many of these tiny brown most beautifully textured brown fungi. Blade of grass measuring again 😁

I had to try and get the two little dark fungi growing under the brown ones. Two days later and they are shrivelled white

Hands up who thinks I touched this oozing mass of wood fungus? It actually looks grosser in real life.

The white cap gave this one away among the wet dark mulch

Very hard to get a good photo of this one in the dark location.

I found this growing in a plant pot in the garden. It is quite tiny. I thought it might open up and look similar to the one I saw earlier ⬆️

What a golden colour these one are

The early stages of a wood fungus emerging.

I went away for a day and before I went, spied this fungi growing on a tall stalk

When I came home today, the cap had opened and is nearly 100mm or 4 inches in diameter

Want a closer look?

I had to see what it looked like underneath

So much for not having many fungi about

27 thoughts on “Fungi (in the garden)”

  4. Loved looking at all your fungi. My hand went up, I bet you touched it. My late husband used to belong to the Vancouver Mycological Society. Our house was always full of spore prints etc. I just found a box full of fungi spores. I plan on putting them out in the garden this spring when we get some moisture and see what happens! You never know…

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  7. Man, you’ve got a lot! We get some too, but mine look different. That last picture is spectacular!

    P.S. Arrived here via Ju-Lyn. So YOU’RE the “form one planet” sign. I’ve long admired that but never meandered over. :/

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  12. The gills beneath the mushroom caps always amazes me – they are perfectly uniform. Just like the white dots on the bigger caps. The wood fungus resembles cauliflower. Years ago I had a couple of Golden Eunonymous bushes – one got a fungus that looked like cauliflower growing on it – the other was perfectly fine. I went to the nursery for a potion for it and was told to cut off the growth, swab it with alcohol every day and see if it repaired itself. It did and I still have the two bushes

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