On one Friday morning, almost a year ago (wow, how time flies) I was strolling by a river and ranting about how it is cloudy. Migraine was included in that situation too, so it seemed that it was not a perfect day. Do you know those days when you just want to go back to bed, or even don't get up at all?
Well, the sky is covered by clouds this morning also, but I am migraine-free this time and I am not ranting that I can't find any mushrooms. I am not even walking now there... You can ask then what connects that day from last year and today's post?
Mushrooms of course :)
Exactly there, maybe on the same trees, the big "crying" fungi appeared again.
Not just one, but several of them :))
Some of them have chosen to grow very high, on the tall trees, so I had to use again the same climbing technique to have a better look at them. Here I am safe, sitting on the fence, but don't have doubts! I was also standing on top of it :D
From there one can see the growing mushrooms better. You see, that is the same guy from the first photo but now observed from a bit closer range.
We can still try to come closer to the mushroom. C'mon Mi, you can go even closer. Stretch yourself, grow a bit more and reach the crying mushroom. Now we can clearly see all those droplets that are coming out from the pores. I call them tears! Don't ask why, I don't have a scientific explanation. They just resemble tears, so in the post from a year ago, the other crying mushrooms were crying from joy 😂. That's the origin of the name of this type of fungi!
These mushrooms don't have gills, so the spores we see are actually tubes that are under the cap. There were some missing parts of the fungi, the tubes showed themselves.
More of these mushrooms were growing on the other trees too, and probably because they became too heavy, parts of them fell to the ground. I really hope it was no human who damaged them. It would be just heartbreaking!
This is what the interior of this damaged mushroom looks like. If I am not mistaken, the thick part, between the upper surface and the tubes is the context. I still don't know why the water is running through those tubes, so I will stick to my tears of joy theory :D
Here is the missing part of the fungi seen above on the tree. I found it on the ground, detached from its main body. Strangely, it was not crying anymore. Not even tears from pain. Maybe it has accepted the destiny that lower altitudes are now where its new home is!
Just a few trees later, I found another fungus sitting in the grass. It is not supposed to grow on the ground, it also fell from a tree. The upper surface was soft and plushy.
The part where the tubes are were humid, probably it fell not that long time ago. The poor guy became too heavy to remain on the tree. Still, it was handsome!
Anyway, I hope that these Polyphores can contribute to the #FungiFriday event. As you know (or if not, keep on reading this part:)
-when Friday comes post your own, original photo/drawing/art/food/anything-at-all of any type of fungi
-add #FungiFriday tag (it doesn't have to be your first tag)
-Include My contribution to #FungiFriday by@ewkaw anywhere in your post.
So here they came, crying mushrooms on and under the trees!
P.S. Don't you think this just too much resembles a mysterious object... UFO?
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