Wednesday, August 31, 2011

choice


Bear's Head Tooth
Hericium coralloides
Today's prize,
i found only one in my whole forest (and picked half)
It is amazing and it was easy to identify
And it did taste delicious.
And for My dear Christopher and others who worry about me eating strange mushrooms. I do have to say i always do so with the book in the hand, when there is any suggestion that it could be mistaken with a very poisonous mushroom, i won't pick it.

The meadow mushroom for example still puzzles me... and if anybody can help me with a positive clue, like smell maybe, i will be grateful. Yesterday i found one such mushroom but it didn't smell like anything, so i didn't think it would be a meadow mushroom.



Monday, August 29, 2011

the color of fireweed

quite different when high in the mountains,
when autumn is already there
and it is just starting to bloom

Epilobium angustifolium
epilobium meaning flower and pod appearing together
meaning to me, like how i wish to be
she is already ready and done when still fully in bloom

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

mushrooms

i gave updated information in the two mushroom post of yesterday

Monday, August 22, 2011

Alexander

did get hurt again
and his seat broke
and what can i say
Lake Jumping

clavariadelphus truncatus





edibility: good

a common name: flat-topped coral
or club-coral