So, a few low-resolution resolutions floating around in my head, including:
Share more of the wonders of the world with you, here.
More frequently. Starting now. =)
Today's feature: earthstar fungus (shot in November).
I actually think I saw it last year,
but it was kind of like a celebrity sighting:
but it was kind of like a celebrity sighting:
"It CAN'T be something as exciting as that earthstar fungus.
It MUST be just some sort of exploded acorn, right?!?"
They do look a lot like exploded acorns.
I actually searched for "germinating acorn" images to be sure.
Nope, not germinating acorns.
Freakin' cool fungus.
Freakin' cool fungus.
Maybe the hygroscopic earthstar, Astraeus hygrometricus.
Measuring up (shot in December):
Hygroscopic refers to how their form changes with the humidity.
Their little rays curl back up when it gets dry,
some all the way into a dark, tough ball that can roll around.
Went back to the site today (January), and they looked like this:
Their little rays curl back up when it gets dry,
some all the way into a dark, tough ball that can roll around.
Went back to the site today (January), and they looked like this:
I found another that was an even tidier little brown ball
(no leaf had gotten tangled up in it, like the lower one).
So, that's one of the coolest things I discovered & learned about in 2014.
WICKED COOL COINCIDENCE
Oh, and while I was JUST on the east coast,
gazing at Nauset Lighthouse on Cape Cod, MA,
What did I see at my feet, right about there?
Earthstars!
(no leaf had gotten tangled up in it, like the lower one).
So, that's one of the coolest things I discovered & learned about in 2014.
WICKED COOL COINCIDENCE
Oh, and while I was JUST on the east coast,
gazing at Nauset Lighthouse on Cape Cod, MA,
What did I see at my feet, right about there?
Earthstars!
The 4 in a row are really easy to see in the photo, but there's more than that in this frame.
They were significantly smaller than ours,
but, HOW COOL IS THAT?!?
I was pumped.
'Course back home, now, I can't expect to hear any of those amazing accents,
eat spectacular clam chowder,
or wander about in a frozen swamp (future post).
But, we do get to be with our kitties & hen, again.
And my beloved garden.
'Course I had to WATER a few things in my garden AGAIN today.
It basically didn't rain the 2 weeks we were gone;
and winter is our rainy season.
We really need more rain to counter this drought.
Plus, more rain --> more fungus, woo-hoo!! =)
xoxoxobb
They were significantly smaller than ours,
but, HOW COOL IS THAT?!?
I was pumped.
'Course back home, now, I can't expect to hear any of those amazing accents,
eat spectacular clam chowder,
or wander about in a frozen swamp (future post).
But, we do get to be with our kitties & hen, again.
And my beloved garden.
'Course I had to WATER a few things in my garden AGAIN today.
It basically didn't rain the 2 weeks we were gone;
and winter is our rainy season.
We really need more rain to counter this drought.
Plus, more rain --> more fungus, woo-hoo!! =)
xoxoxobb
