In my climate, fungi only grow for a couple of weeks a year, when it rains nonstop for about a fortnight, usually after we get a visit from a tropical cyclone. Cyclone Eloise hit Mozambique about 10 days ago and is giving us fungal treasures.
The first exploders: take note of the faint lines on the puffball on the right
Opening out, you get this:
The eggs I referred to are from stinkdomes, Clathrus transvaalensis, which have come up abundantly in my yard this year. The timing hasn't been good though, this one got too much rain and exploded. You can see the opened egg-like capsule on the right
This one had a different kind of bad luck, it opened successfully but then the sun came out and roasted it
Either way, the spores will still disperse. The photographer is actually most disappointed....
These cute little purple furries are emerging in the rainy weather although I don't know what they are.
These bracket fungi withstand the sun pretty well although they only grow in rainy weather
The other colony on the privet stumps is now about three years old, less furry and wet in this picture. I'm wondering whether these are perhaps a kind of Turkey tail and thus edible.
There have been no ink caps or other parasol-type mushrooms this year. Perhaps it's due to the lack of shade since I cut down all the invasive trees so I could plant others that are better for the ecosystem. Time will tell
The purple furries as you call them, look like a type of lichen. Very cool. We are in an extreme drought. Haven't had a decent rain since last spring. Even the cacti are suffering. My yuccas aren't fairing very well either. A couple of branchesbroke off, so I transplanted them into buckets and gave them away. As far as I know, they all seem to be thriving.
Interesting! Didn't really think in terms of a place having such a limited season for fungi... of course, we live in a place where everything grows moss and shrooms at the drop of a hat.
=^..^=
Realistically speking, I live close to the edge of a desert. Although we have high rainfall, there"s high runoff and the rain isnt often gentle and soaking. Your weather is milder in general
but on another hand, your location is good for growing succulents. right?
And the succulents often hate this weather and die, unless they are native to my area and have evolved to tolerate it
?? hmm. I feel confused (and uneducated). I used to think, desert = succulents. or vice versa.. isnt it correct?..
Yes, I mean they hate the fungus-friendly weather
a-aaa!!! that is obvious :)
I recently took some pictures of Aloe Vera. so, probably, Succulent growing will have an entry from me. but it is such a trivia...
What you call a turkey tail looks like a bordered tinder fungus. There may be some kind of it. In any case, it can be collected, crushed and dried at 40 degrees Celsius. If you make an infusion in warm water, you will receive a good medicine and many trace elements for the body.
Strengthens the immune system :)
Thank you for the tip! I will try it
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I like the purple or pink mushroom and the one that looks like a ladder.
I'm sorry but I don't know anything about mushrooms, I don't even know edibles but I do like to see them, they are cute.
I don't know much more although I do like to eat them
Mushrooms are a stranger in my local cuisine and also not very common in nature. So I grew up not having any idea of it.
Seeing these fungi photos reminds me how climate and environment are so different from place to place.
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Yes, that's true. My country has many people from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan and I really enjoy Indian subcontinent cooking. Not many mushrooms, for sure
Great to hear that.
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Those pink ones are pretty unique, some kind of fuzzy polypore would be my guess.
Yes, I'll watch and see what they turn into
I haven't been able to find an ID on them, maybe if they grow larger they will show more features.
I'll let you know how they go
some kinds of this mushroom very beautiful and interesting i really like it ....
very good and amazing shot...
There are a lot of puff-ball in the woods near me and sometimes come across the Giant ones😎 which get as big as a watermelon. When they're firm, they make for good eating - sliced and sautéed.
I've seen pictures of the giant ones but we don't get them here. I'd love to try them
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Interesting photos of mushrooms!
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