Death of a Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

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More Messages from the Grave Spelled Out in Yellow Mushrooms

 

 This message says, "I'm so happy my little dead body is nourishing the ground and creating an environment conducive to these Leucocoprinus birnbaumii, or yellow pleated parasols as they are commonly called. They are beautiful and fascinating!"

 

These Ones Say, "Kai! I Miss You! I love You!"

She Spells Out words with Them, a la Harmoniums. Or, Harmonia.

My Dead Cat is Communicating with Me via Yellow Mushrooms

Yellow Mushrooms

 

I Lichen It to a Fungus with a Photosynthetic Partner

Toadstool

My Favorite Fungus

It's orange and recurs in the same place (on a wooden ladder by the back porch) year after year when it's been very wet. I never see it anywhere else.


For scale: my index finger

The Tiniest Toadstool

Mushrooms

I saw these this morning from the kitchen window, sprouting in a flowerpot amid the lantana.