Late Autumn

autumn rains were most welcome 

after a dry summer

(I wish I could send it to California, along with the snow we got)

peppermint drop lichen

on an old log in the woods

seeing aqua logs in the woods is always a joy

they can be found, but not that many

autumn colors are past now

it was a lovely season

then the snow arrived....

so darn pretty

I thought winter arrived

but in most places it has melted away

( I live in a snow belt, the snow is still here )

the gentle lovely light of sunset

autumn leaning towards winter

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lovely days and nights to you

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Fairy Barf

thrilling 

how there are endless new things to discover

 

like:

Fairy puke

(a lichen)

now how can they call it that!

I feel concern, the fairies will get mad.

look at that turquoise stuff

it literally coats an entire tree stump

right over the moss and all

then these tiny pink apothecia grow

a wee island of mushrooms

found in a dark wet mossy canyon

beginning to dry out

and 

waves of gills become art

 

another new one to me

Chlorociboria aeruginascens

or 

green elfcup

it is such a joy to find new colors in the woods

as i continue learning about mushrooms

i decided to try a spore print

the black and orange fabric: a table cloth

on top of that is a sheet of plastic

i took a mushroom cap and laid it gill side facing down with a glass jar on top

next day i lifted it

and 

a spore print

wow

so beautiful and even 3-D

spore prints are one of the many ways to help identify which mushroom 

you have found

there won't be many more mushrooms this season 

as days are quite cool and nights freezing now

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