fungus 11

This is for all you fungus-lovers out there. :D

Well, the different sizes and shapes and textures of fungi never cease to fascinate ME. Surely you feel the same way. ;)

fungus 10

As you may guess from the numbering in the title, I've posted a lot of fungi. But none recently! So here is some fungus for you to ogle!

mushroom vs. grass (fungus 9)

GUESS WHAT!!!

Monmouth County Daily Photo, the fraternal twin/ predecessor/ clone blog of Ocean Township Daily Photo (this blog), is ONE YEAR OLD today!

My first ever post was a fungus; I've posted several more fungi since then, but I thought today would be an appropriate occasion to come full circle!

Woooooo!

...plus, the next few days will be full of depressing rain/ice storm photos... there's apparently a Nor'easter headed through this area. So enjoy a sunny grassy photo for the time being. :)

fungus 8

As I was walking along, I saw an old hollow tree stump.

And something in the tree stump caught my eye.

It was fungus #8!

I like fungi.

(Check out MCDP for a slightly more contextual photo of the same subject.)

nibbled!

Who nibbled on this mushroom?!

another 'nother fungus

When the moon hits your eye
Like a meatball-a pie,
That's a-fungus

umbrellas

Overcast/drizzly for the fourth day in a row. The fungi are loving it.

These are tiny umbrella-like mushrooms growing out of the side of a tree.

one more shroom

Another fungus? So soon?

Yeah, why not? We've had a lot of rain, and they're more fun than plants.

another fungus-thing

A few days ago, we had some rain, and a whole bunch of these fungus-things started springing up in a 7'x3' patch. Initially wormlike, many of them have quickly budded into the many-peaked monstrosities you see here. They remind me of potato eyes.

puff!

Fungus is SOOOOO COOOOOL. My first ever post for MCDP was a fungus.

We've had a lot of rain lately, and there are mushrooms popping up like you wouldn't believe.

I'm sure this is a common kind of fungus, but I don't know what it is. So. FIVE POINTS to whomever first correctly identifies this fungus.
(Edit: I think it's a specimen of Lycoperdon perlatum.)

You can't spell "fungi" without "fun!"

(For a couple more Monmouth County Fair photos, check out my Flickr page. I'll be removing the photos sooner or later, because I like to keep my Flickr account tidy.)

shroom

It rained a lot last week, so the 'shrooms were up.

...what can I say? I like fungus!