Thursday, November 21, 2013

Mushroom Wonderland

What do you get when you mix bunny manure and 8 inches of rain?



You get a fabulous mushroom wonderland!



Where else but Wonderland could mushrooms grow to the size of dinner plates?



A standard sized egg, provides a sense of scale, while resting in the shadow of a large mushroom.




I actually prefer my mushrooms small and cartoon-like.




Mushrooms come in so many fascinating shapes and sizes. Seashells anyone?


How about some flap jacks?



Something about these mushrooms seems dangerous to me.




I think I'll leave these to Alice and the White Rabbit.


9 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, they are gorgeous. I wonder if any of them are edible? I have a guide to mushrooms and toadstools but can never seem to identify.

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    1. I'll have to get book. I tried to identify them using online resources, but didn't have much luck. I may get a kit and try to grow mushrooms that way. They really seem to like the bunny manure.

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  2. Love these. Funny how that one kind wants to curve up.
    I think I like the ones with the black undersides best. Don't think I'd eat any of them, though.
    Stay warm....

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    1. I think they curl up to release their spores, ie. mushroom seeds. If that's true, there should be plenty more mushrooms down the road.

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  3. Amazing patterns and variations they are gorgeous.

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  4. Oh my goddness. eight inches of rain! No wonder you have mushrooms! Funny thing ...while often considered a nusiance they are quite beautiful and interesting and lots of fun to photograph. I do love when I see an interesting one. Nice photos!

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  5. Those purple fringed ones do look intriguing (and I can't imagine an 8" mushroom).

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  6. They are lovely, but please don't eat any of them. The flap jack ones look like tortoises. Super photos.
    Chloris

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