Amazing Fungi

25 Stunning Photos Within The Mystical World Of Mushrooms

Matchbox of the day: Fungi russian matchbox label

russian matchbox label, a photo by maraid on Flickr.

From the other side of the pond, a matchbox label from the 50's, simple and nice. The mushrooms are probably fly mushrooms, or what they might be called in English. In Swedish: Flugsvamp. Toxic and hallucinogenic.

Stamp of the day: Finding Funky Fungi

It is the season of the fungi, these strange creatures that are actually more animal than plant.... evolutionarily speaking.  I have seen a lot of interesting fungi lately in our wet fall in eastern USA.

(above) Earth stars in the Pine Barrens...  I haven't seen an earth star in many years, so this was fun!

Cobolt crust fungus in our garden, found on an old stick (sorry, no photo, check out the link to see the amazing color)...

Tiny little black specks on a rotten branch was Diatrype, an ascomycete (related to morels)...

and then jelly fungi of course, these jellyfish-looking things that come out of branches as gelatinous exudates...

The stamp of the day is from Taiwan and was one of the few mushroom stamps I could find that had an earth star among it.

Enjoy!

OK snapshot: Exclusive taste

Björnarna har blivit finsmakare.

(The bears have become gourmets. [Björnmat = bear food])

Seen in Stockholm, Sweden.

SILL

New design, clearly inspired by the design culture in the 1950´s in Sweden. Here the kitchen towel "Sill" by Marianne Nilsson. More towels and fabrics from Almedahls here. I like this fabric too, "I svampskogen" av David van Berckel.