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Tag: fungi

mushroomier now

end of a log covered with brightly covered fungi

the chainsawed end of a hemlock

By Dave Bontain forest, haikuDecember 8, 2018December 8, 20186 WordsLeave a comment

The rain comes hammering on the plush roof of the earth.

Photo 07-09-2017, 9 48 44 am
Photo 07-09-2017, 9 51 18 am
Photo 07-09-2017, 10 26 02 am
Photo 07-09-2017, 10 49 02 am
Photo 07-09-2017, 10 52 49 am

After a while, it opens one by one its mush rooms.

By Dave Bontain epigrams and conundrums, forest, macroSeptember 8, 2017September 22, 201715 WordsLeave a comment

Teeth sprung from their skull prisons

Close-up of white, tooth-like fungi arranged in disorderly rows on the end of a log.

enjoy a second obsolescence as typewriter keys.

By Dave Bontain epigrams and conundrums, forestFebruary 20, 20177 WordsLeave a comment

The sky of my childhood

Close-up of a horizontal tree limb covered with foliose lichens and small shelf fungi, with a small house in the background.

was full of places to climb and sit.

By Dave Bontain built environment, epigrams and conundrums, meadowJanuary 4, 20178 WordsLeave a comment

sawed-off end of a log

highly worn and pitted end of a log with a small orange mushroom growing out of it and a split in the shape of an X

now riddled
with openings

By Dave Bontain forest, haikuNovember 1, 2016December 30, 20164 WordsLeave a comment

shelf fungi on a stump

shelf fungi on stumpeven with these special seats
squirrels still make a mess

By Dave Bontain forest, haikuSeptember 27, 2012December 28, 201610 WordsLeave a comment

old bolete

bolete landscapegnats follow the branching cracks
in its skin

By Dave Bontain forest, haiku, macroAugust 4, 2011December 28, 20168 Words1 Comment

puffballs

puffballs
This was taken in late December, after the first snowpack melted off, whence the slightly crushed appearance.

By Dave Bontain forest, macroJanuary 2, 200817 WordsLeave a comment
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