This Suillus granulatus Bolete is lying low and motionless under the large pine tree, while the surrounding grass dances frenetically ...
... on the pretty wild wind ...
... that propels some cool recreational activities on the sea ...
... and makes seagulls behave like snowflakes up in the air.
On this photograph you can see the pretty large Yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis), two juveniles and one adult. While these seagulls effortlessly glide above the bay and it looks like they enjoy these windy moments very much ...
... the smaller Mediterranean gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) are calm and grounded for now.
Here you can see these two seagull species together in the same picture.
While growing through the dense cover of various resilient herbaceous plants here along the shore, many Suillus granulatus end up carrying visible scars for the rest of their short fruitbody life.
Sometimes the scars ...
... can create an intricate pattern ...
... and decorate the mushroom quite beautifully.
With this photograph I'm leaving the edible Suillus granulatus ... to take another look ...
... at the sky ... the birds ...
... the sea ...
... and the overall atmosphere.
The mushrooms on this ... and the following few photographs ... are also edible.
These are the Agaricus litoralis, a coastal species ... very compact ... meaty ... with resilient skin on the mushroom cap ... it can endure strong dry winds that spread salty water all around the shore for quite a few days without getting withered and ruined.
I overturned one here, to show you the lower part with the gills ... which are pinky on this young mushroom ... in older ones are brown ... then black when it starts to decay.
I took all these photographs in the small port of Liznjan, about five kilometers from my house ...
... on a very windy day ... about ten (or so) days ago. This is usually a sheltered bay with not many waves around ... but when the wind is really strong ... and blows from the right direction ...
... it becomes a great and very visited windsurfing place ...
... so I couldn't resist to put quite a few of these surfing shots in a mushroom oriented post ... to let them create a more complete vision of the windy atmosphere on that day.
That's also the reason why I took this photograph by using the slowest shutter speed I could use in these sunny conditions ... to capture at least a little glimpse of the moving grass, illustrated by a slight motion blur present in the picture.
These are probably the Marasmius oreades ... they look like Marasmius oreades on various photographs throughout the internet ...
... they grow in communities and often form circles like I red in a Wikipedia article, which also states ...
... that these mushrooms love grassy areas and is not unusual to find them very near to the sea ... even on sand dunes in some coastal areas ... but ...
... the world of mushrooms is a pretty complex one, filled with deceiving similarities and plenty of occasions that can easily melt any self-confidence ... so ...
... I still can't tell you which mushrooms exactly these mushrooms are.
Besides searching for mushrooms to put in a Fungi Lovers post ...
... I took some time to observe and photograph the birds ...
... and think about another Feathered Friends post possibility ... planing to catch two themes in one day of shooting ... but then ...
... later at home ... when I saw the photographs on PC ... I felt a strong inspiration to combine all I caught ...
... in a post that looks exactly like this.
Most of the mushrooms, especially the smaller and more elegant ones, get dried out quickly in this weather. Here you see some more "maybe Marasmius oreades" mushrooms getting dried by the wind & sun ... while on the following photograph ...
... you can see another small, brown, pretty generic looking mushroom that grows alone ... and I have no idea about the species.
On this shot you can follow the hooded crow take flight ...
... and here the crow is up in the air ... surrounded by seagulls ...
... while faraway at sea ...
... near the edge of the zooming capability of my camera ...
... the colorful sails are dancing in the wind.
When it comes to mushrooms, here in the port of Liznjan ... well, you can't find a great variety in this mushroom - non - friendly environment. What you saw in the post is practically all you can encounter there. Here is another small, fragile species hidden in the grass, a species that I don't know anything about. And now ...
... before ending the post with the last mushroom I found on that day ...
... is time for another series of surfing & kiting shots.
Here you can see a seagull and the kite ...
... and here two kites, seamingly of the same species, are caught forming a lovely shape in the sky ... a shape that cam be viewed as some sort of butterfly, ad example.
Here you can see two different kites ... gliding in different directions.
On this enlargeable shot, the windsurfer looks like it's sailing directed to the bottom of the sea ... and then ... finally ... on the following, closing photograph ...
... some small, very generic looking mushrooms ... that I wasn't able to identify.
As always in these posts on HIVE, the photographs are my work - THE END.