It's like the last breath of life before total destruction. After the tree is gone and there is only a stump left, slowly, after some time, mosses, lichens and mushrooms show up feeding on the rotten tree flesh. And they will feed until it all falls apart and turns to compost.
It is interesting to watch though when they start to show up out of nowhere. More and more each year.
And just as any other time when I see a nice bunch of fungi to shoot (or a nice spider or a kitten), I forget about anything else and all I want is to take as many photos as possible before they run away the sun hides/rain comes/camera batteries dies/card gets full... you name it. So I take dozens of photos and forget to touch them to check the texture, or at least pick some stick and poke them a bit. Maybe one of these days they will grab a stick too and poke me back. :p
There were a few other tiny ones growing around too. No poking again, but I did catch a tiny fly on one of them.
All cozy among the needles.
I don't think these are edible, so I just took a couple of shots and left them alone.
And so the rain came.
And everything to lovely and slimy :)
The tiny ones that look like little white flowers looked amazing after the rain. Slimy - yes, but so shiny, as if they were made of glass or covered in ice.
And below is one of the very few I would pick, and oh so tasty! This one came home with me :)
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- when Friday comes (UTC time) post your own, original photo/drawing/art/food/anything-at-all of any type of fungi (yes, I will check and report stolen images or text!)
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos, graphics and text are my own.