November steps in with its dim days, but we won’t let the darkness get us down. The theme for the first week of the challenge is Shadows and Stillness. Let’s embrace the peace of November, the beauty of shadows, and a slower pace.
We have had the pleasure of a few sunny days this past week; what an uplifter they are. On one of those days I took a quick tour around Kirkkonummi to show our guest some rural areas. At one of the stops, as we walked around, I spotted these mica cap mushrooms. I read that when young, the caps are egg-shaped, brownish, and may have a fine, shiny or mica-like dust (from which the species gets its name). As they age, as in my photo, the caps become bell-shaped and eventually their edges begin to darken and dissolve into ink. They often grow in large, dense clusters on the ground near decaying wood, stumps, or roots in deciduous forests, and in this case a park, and yards. The tree trunk next it had foliose lichens growing on the surface.
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Beautiful photos, especially that first one which is perfectly composed to frame the mushrooms with the fallen leaves 🙂
Beautiful images Ritva, perfect for November! Really like the first with the mushrooms and damp leaves!
Wonderful fungi. You’re pretty wonderful too, getting the best out of November.
Wonderful looking fungi Ritva The last photo is quite inviting