230918 mushroooms
September 18, 2023 mushrooms Mushrooms: fragile, ephemeral, subversive, magical, alien. My daughter, Tamar, brought to my attention the fact that these beings are closer to us on the evolutionary "tree", than trees and green plants. I couldn't shake the notion, once I had met one standing alone among the dead leaves after the July rains, that they are little sentient creatures sprouting up and living a short tenuous existence in the world around us, oblivious and blind, determined and active. I have not identified most of those that follow, and do not suggest that you accept my identifications without question, as wild mushrooms may be poisonous, sometimes difficult to recognize by species, and I am very much an amateur in the world of fungus. Ninja-like, a cap pushes up through the debris. Charming, one imagines fairies. The bright colours of some mushrooms are startling and otherworldly. This "fairy-ring" of mushrooms is a fixture by our door. The grass is a