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FungiFriday: I feel like seeing hazelnuts and golf balls on the grass

It has not rained for the past week, even though the week before, my city and neighboring districts had heavy rains for several days, which resulted in Lhoksukon--the capital of North Aceh district--and several surrounding villages being flooded to a depth of more than one meter.

There's no rain, so it's hard for me to find mushrooms. But luckily, I still have some stock photos of mushrooms that were taken during a mushroom walk, a few days after it rained. So I can still participate in #FungiFriday, which is hosted by @ewkaw.

The mushrooms in the following pictures I found in the backyard of a mosque in my city. I'm trying to identify at least two kinds of mushroom species that grow there close to each other, among them Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum sp.) and Puffball (Calvatia bovista).

It looks like I came too soon then. So all the shaggy parasols I found hadn't opened their caps. But if I'm late, they might not be there anymore because they usually have been cleaned along with the elongated grass by the mosque cleaning service.

Look at the shape of the mushrooms. They look like hazelnuts lying on the grass. The ones that haven't peeled off are copper brown in color.


I think this one would have had the open cap, but it ripped too fast.


Below are some Puffball mushrooms with a golf ball-like surface texture. It has a large stem and blends with the cap cover. I wonder what's in that. It looks like next time I'll have to bring a knife to split it. So I know what's inside.

CameraXiaomi Poco X3 NFC Smartphone
LensExternal macro lens
CategoryMushroom photography
ProcessedMobile Lightroom
LocationLhokseumawe, Sumatra, Indonesia
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