Remember last week when I told you how, one evening, I left home, saying I wished I could hunt some unique and beautiful mushrooms? Luckily, that evening, I got to see the saffron mushroom that I showed you last week. Today's blog is about the next #discovery from the same evening!
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So that evening, as soon as I entered the park, I found the saffron mushroom, and I was so satisfied and thankful for it that I decided to spend the rest of the time jogging on the outer pathway of the park. I mean to say that I had no intention of doing photography after that, but coincidentally, after the first round of jogging, as soon as I slowed down and stopped at a place, I saw a strange #mushroom standing straight in the mud on the side of the road.
This season, I am seeing some really different types of mushrooms, and it is a great experience. BTW, since the normal photos didn't show its size, I took a shot with my hand so that you can get an idea of its size, as it is really huge.
On asking Google Lens, I found that it is also known as Desert Shaggy Ink Cap or Lawyer's wig. I think the ink cap matches its look more. Last season, I hunted Puffball mushrooms, which are close relatives of the Shaggy Ink Cap. According to Google Lens, they grow up to 15cm tall, and their stem is as hard as wood, which I also noticed while holding it to take its picture.
Well, when I looked around this big mushroom, I found two more of them. Their size is smaller, but all three belong to the same family.
This is a double surprise. After seeing this mushroom that evening, I thought that I will come here again tomorrow. Although it was growing in the open on one side of the road, there were very less chances of it surviving for a full day, but I thought that let's see, if I find it, then I can also take photos of its change in size in 24 hours. And this photo below is of the next day, in which I have kept my hand behind it in almost the same way to show the change in size and I think it has grown at least one and a half times in 24 hours. 🤠
These are the pictures taken just 2 days ago. Those shaggy ink caps growing on the roadside could not survive till the third day, but since the monsoon is at its peak now, I saw mushrooms of this family in some other places in the park as well.
I came to know from a web article that this mushroom is edible, but only when it is young, and I am sure that finding out that is an art which I do not possess, because as far as I could see, those roadside mushrooms had grown beyond their young age by the time I found them.
This is a collage of its increase in size in 24 hours. Hope you liked my #fungi hunting! 🍄
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