After depositing her at her preschool and changing shifts with the other grandma, I made an overnight stop at my parents' home for some family business and visiting. Then in the routine business of leaving this morning to load my car, I was stopped dead in my tracks by this:
These strange creatures seemed to be reaching out toward my ankles as I walked by. Creepy. And what's that goop up on the tips? Ugh. Aliens? Probably not. But certainly the most bizarre form of mushroom or fungus I've ever encountered.
I walked a wide circle around them.
I decided go back and get my camera, and was it just my imagination or in that 20 seconds I was gone were they an inch longer?
In the same small garden area, a space about 3 feet by 15 feet or so, I found these other bits of fungus. I've seen these before, and in their own sort of bizarre way, they are beautiful.
And down the way a bit, I discovered these little guys standing tall:
I'm not an expert on mushrooms/fungus, and so I don't know if any of these findings are edible or poisonous. However in a mere few moments of my morning, I was again in awe at the surprises of Nature.
There was one last bag to be retrieved from the house, and when I came back out, there was another strange fungus reaching towards me.
Hmmmm, was he there before?
Creepy........
I have never seen any that looked like the first and last picture, they must be aliens and they are coming to get you.
ReplyDeleteSpeechless! I haven't seen anything like the first or last pic....ever!
ReplyDeleteGrand baby is indeed darling. I can't say the same for those long skinny mushrooms. I don't like things that look like that. I like mushrooms that are some form of round like mushrooms ought a be.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog...love you more...it's a great year for mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteThose long fungi are indeed creepy.. haven't seen anything like those before. They look elastic and capable of reaching anyone that would hurt them. :)
ReplyDeleteDid you try touching them?
No Lea, I didn't touch them; I was chicken. I should've gotten a pair of tongs and explored.
DeleteOh my gosh! We had those aliens in our yard this summer! And they grow soooo crazy fast. The girls and I decided they are actually zombie fingers...just comming a little early to prepare for the apocalypse. Rachel
ReplyDeletefungus creeps me out after reading about ants brains eaten by fungus and puppetted to a location for the fungus spores in the brain to explode and find new hosts. Sounds like an alien agenda.
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