Fungi Eco-Friendly Organism
Life replenishes itself close to the river walk on an old tree stump, not much is known about fungi and exactly how it affects life, invasive, non-invasive who knows they are intriguing to look at, eventually we delve a bit deeper.
Copper trumpet - f/8 1/15 ISO-80
Fungi, Mushroom foragers have been finding edible, medicinal and needless to say certain finds have been deadly poisonous. Not being learned in this field of gathering I have researched without touching plants as usual. ( I Always stand to be corrected on identification, please let me know in the comments if you find errors.)
Copper trumpet - f/8 1/15 ISO-80
Here is what I saw starting at the bottom the tree stump stood about adult waist high, keeping in mind (don't know who originally said this), "All mushrooms are edible, some only once." ...
Copper trumpet - f/8 1/15 ISO-80
Fascinating organism that contribute to many aspects of life on earth, fungi are primary global carbon reduction agents contributing positively to our global carbon cycle, an average of eighty-five billion tons of carbon returned to the atmosphere annually is by fungi.
From the bottom to the top of the tree stump...
Elegant bracket - f/8 1/30 ISO-80
How little things make a big difference, other than eating the safe ones, we need to know more about how they assist us, one and a half million species of fungi (Fungus is a Latin name for Mushroom).
Elegant bracket - f/8 1/25 ISO-80
Fungi are not plants nor animals they belong to the "fungi kingdom", they are the oldest living organisms on earth, also being the fastest living organism on earth. They are complex in make up, studies still revealing new interesting facts by mycologists.
Right down on the ground these had attached themselves to the base of the tree stump, very much thicker than the Elegant bracket above, slightly bigger in size as well, whether is was a different species or the same being closer to the ground, of that I am not sure.
Chiciken of the woods - f/8 1/13 ISO-80
Plump about the size of a male hand (12 to 15 cm) they had what appears to be a spiders web weaving between to capture insects slightly off the ground.
Chiciken of the woods - f/8 1/13 ISO-80
Right on top in broad daylight, for a moment I was confused if this was fungi or not, also about the size of an adult woman's hand (10 to 15 cm).
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Cinnabar Polypore (Pycnoporus cinnabarinus) - f/8 1/60 ISO-80
Cinnabar Polypore (Pycnoporus cinnabarinus) – also immune-boosting, but also very helpful in addressing circulation issues.
All of these mushrooms contain long-chain sugars or polysaccharides which provide the powerful immune system boost in our bodies, providing us with protection against both acute and chronic disease. Source
This may be the other option I found to this fungi...
Red Polypore Pycnoporus coccineus Fungi - f/8 1/50 ISO-80
Fungi are not plants nor animals they belong to the "fungi kingdom", they are the oldest living organisms on earth, also being the fastest living organism on earth. They are complex in make up, studies still revealing new interesting facts by mycologists.
Some detailed a fungi unicellular (like yeast) or muilti-cellular like mushrooms, perhaps both together (dimorphic), I never stopped to think about what they made up of, if they edible that was enough. Eventually start taking notice of them out on walks, photographing, eventually questioning what is the reason they are here, why they pop up after rain or ideal conditions.
Interesting resource for South African Mushrooms/Fungi
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I'm always fascinated by fungi /mushrooms. I always have to stop and check it when I see it. Last year I had an wonderful time seeing so many ones I've never seen before. Fun.
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Always fun to see and learn a bit more about what we share in this life.
Thanks for visiting @annephilbrick
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It truly absolutely it is......!
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I love exploring and learning .
@annephilbrick,
have you seen live any of these?..
I hope one day you will contribute something to the #fungifriday, too !
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My smartphone/Android was struggling to download and view the images..! I'm sorry I couldn't view them.
I shall definitely submit a post for #fungifriday
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Hello @joanstewart
Beautiful photographs my friend.
Awesome post thanks for share with us.
Always enjoy your visit, have a wonderful day.
Some real good photos of mushrooms.
Thank you @rosatravels appreciate your visit.
Fungi also mesmerizes me Lady Joan and I think that it's the witchdoctor blood in me Lol
They are indeed ancient and a greatly detailed post here.
Blessings!
Hubble bubble toil and trouble, what to throw into that brew Stephen.
So many! I must say I like the last orange one the most :D great colour.
Happy (late) Fungi Friday :)
Yikes, always late for something lately, thanks for visiting @ewkaw
"All mushrooms are edible, some only once."
That is precious. Also
"When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat"
A wonderful blog, chock full of information. Your blogs are always enlightening and well written.
Greatly appreciate your appreciation of content, have an awesome day.
Wow, nice to know some exact names of the mushroom species!
Good read.
If it attracted my attention for a photo, it normally needs research or discussion to find out more, thanks for visiting Joy.
Autumn and we have the most mushroom time. In Russia, a lot of people love to pick mushrooms. In the very season, along the forest roads, there are chains of cars on the sidelines: citizens come to the forest to pick up mushrooms. I also like to pick and eat mushrooms, but I do not often get out into the woods for them.
Thank you, it is very interesting to find out which mushrooms grow in South Africa.
My brother had knowledge about which ones to eat, sadly I do not, I never pick them for eating. Have a wonderful new week.
That's so cool that you know so much about fungi. Those are wondeful shots! May you have a great weekend!
Some from memory of what my brother taught, some research to gain more knowledge on these awesome outlandish looking plant life. Thanks for kind comment and have a great new week.
you sure came across such an amazing selection of fungi, I seldom see them here or maybe I am looking in the wrong places LOL
Your parks will have them, international and everywhere, perhaps one of your walks you will find them...
Interesting read on a quick Google check:
Source Steemit
Ohh yes I am sure they will I have had friends who have seen them in Central Park, but I just seem to have no luck finding them, same here where I live, I have seen others share photos of them but I go tot he same place and cannot for the life of me find them
Sure you will find them one day, fungi love moist areas. We have them appear in most unusual places, last week under a carport in between the concrete...
I did indeed this morning on my walk near the office 😎
Oh Wow, that is a lovely colour, they always pop up after rains, being on the lookout you found some!
Shroom photography hunting becomes quite addictive...
I have to admit it was funny I walked through Central Park earlier in the day and was on the lookout but found none
But later in the morning I was just getting some fresh in in the gardens at work and spotted these even though I wasn’t particularly looking for them
I will be watching out for them on my walks in fact after all the rain over the weekend maybe there is a chance to see some today I think I may just change my plans for this mornings walk and head somewhere where I may have a chance to find some
I think mushrooms are wonderful and magical. From carrying medicine to heal us to a deathly poison. Not too many things are like that. Perhaps frogs... maybe snakes. Plants can be scary if we don't know what we are doing with them.
Great pictures you share along with some great info!
Agree with you that they are interesting, however not having enough knowledge as in what you can eat or not I will stay with buying them.
The only one that I know we can pick from the ground is lobster claw mushrooms, the rest I wont touch! I have no clue an dI am not so great in identifying. The lobster claws are not hard to figure out because of their shape and vibrant orange color.
They sound interesting, most probably are delicious as well.
Ohh boy! Those mushrooms look somehow magical!
So many in one spot, it was a good day out.
Oh yes! I love finding them in the woods too, so amazing how beautiful they can be!
If you go out foraging with people who know what is edible it must a a lot of fun.
I'll bet it would!
Absolutely magical, @joanstewart! Wow! A kingdom of mushrooms! What a fun and joyous thought :D It makes me feel so happy and adventurous inside :D I want to draw all sorts of scenes and fairy tale topics now, hahaha <3
The photos are very beautiful <3 I love the colours and the compositions in each shot very much :)
Wonderful post <3
The one on top of the log I thought was chewing gum at first glance, closer inspection was a lovely surprise.
omg i have not seen the second and the third caregory yet. I am a mushroom lover, but only the button mushrooms from super market. I dont feel like eating them anymore 😔
I buy to eat @vibesforlife we are able to get oyster mushrooms, button mushrooms and a large brown mushroom regularly.
Yeah that I assumed that you must be buying to eat since you mentioned you took pictures carefully without touching them :)
But why were your afraid to touch? Huge Fungi thats why?
Interesting read you shared which is very fascinating. I often see a lot of mushrooms when we go up the mountains. It's hard to determine if they are edible as some some of them look very similar. Decades ago I recall news about a family that perished from eating mushrooms. Life is really hard in a lot of areas of our country and some resort to trying out eating things that grow in the area. Proper education is the key that could have prevented that unfortunate event.
Not knowing enough I have never picked and eaten myself, my brother knew which ones were edible.
Sadly we too have had families dying from picking and using off the land.