There’s a Fungus Amungus…
I spotted these two growths of a fungus on a couple of dead trees in our yard.
The first image below is 1 of 4 fungi that were growing around the base of this dead box elder tree.
I spotted these two growths of a fungus on a couple of dead trees in our yard.
The first image below is 1 of 4 fungi that were growing around the base of this dead box elder tree.
Below are a few images of the water gardens as they were on 10 August – Lilies in full bloom- too bad they’re all yellow. Tucked in away amongst the lilies I found this little scene.
“Spring is Sprung The Flowers are Ris I wonder where The Birdies Is” So today is the first day of Spring, and it’s snowing. Yesterday it was 60°F (and for a few days before that too) and today it’s 30°F and snowing.
While watering the garden at the back of the house this morning something caught my eye… In case it’s not obvious in this picture what I saw, here it is again… And a much closer view reveals… A gallery is below.
A few shots taken today in the garden this afternoon, and then this evening from the kitchen window. An update to the water garden, and then a visit from bambis Yesterday Lisa and I went to Apols Landscaping and oohed and aahed at the amazing selection of water lilies and other aquatic plants they have…
It’s that time of year again it seems – young critturs are everywhere around the place. For a week or more we’ve been having the Downy Woodpeckers bringing their young to the suet feeder on the porch outside our lounge window to feed them suet and show them how this upside down thing works. Tonight…
A very intense hailstorm this morning dropped the biggest hailstones I’ve ever seen – still no where near the size that you hear about – golfball size, baseball sized – but yet the noise they made was “impressive” as they hit the roof of the house and banged into the front door as they bounced…
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All of them are photos of Dryad’s Saddle (Polyporus squamosus) , commonly growing on deciduous trees, including the Box Elder Maple 🙂 The layered one is really just one growing above another one (so really there are 2 in each of those photos). They can grow fast and get pretty big, but I think they fall off and rot after a few months of growth. They are edible, but should be harvested early before they get too large and leathery. Prolonged cooking will also make them tough to eat.
Thanks Dillon – interesting stuff. I don’t think I’ll be trying to eat them, but they are cool to watch as they grow.
Impressive. I grew up hearing the phrase used for your title, so I had to click over and be even more impressed.