Finally we have had some rain! It was hard to go out and find one of my favorite things to photograph because it was SO dry! So I went to the creek before the scheduled rains and looked around for...
Fungi....
Mushrooms.....
Tiny stuff found on the forest floor.....
I did find some extremely tiny fungi growing orange and red on moss...on a log in the creek. I actually could not see the individual forms without using the Microscope Mode on the Olympus Tough camera.
These were smaller than the point of a lead pencil!
This is what I found:
Ahhh, here is the totally cool Fungi I found! I love how they lined up on the log and there is a slug that seems to be visiting!
Fungi Family:
The supervisor was checking things out from the log above me:
Of course this was before the weather turned absolutely awful. The temperatures are in the 40's and there has been a bone chilling rain for 24 hrs. .
I pulled apart our cabin heater and cleaned it thoroughly, then got it started to warm up the house.
Brrr! I cut up a small batch of tomatoes and some apples to dehydrate.
My loyal little soldiers are protecting my lids and jars so when I start making jelly from my summer haul of berries, I will have lids.
It is good that you have canning lids they are in short supply. The fungi are very interesting it is great that you have a camera that can capture the tiniest things!
ReplyDeleteI ordered lids about 3 months ago figuring that so many other people would be looking for them come tomato season. I see inquiries looking for lids on FB and even used ones...which my grandmother said were NEVER safe for re-use.
DeleteI had someone give me 4 cases of new jars and lids two years ago. I took them and am happy I did.
Now that it isn't raining, I may go looking for more fungi!
Stay safe there! I heard there were frost warnings your way.
The red/pink fungi looks like a bowl of grapes cut in half. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it is a variety of 'cup' fungi I think. There is a variety called fairy cups too...well, it is a common name and not the scientific name of course.
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