what i found
evidence of poaching
and
red polypore?
brought back in my pockets
squishy and full
of rain
and snow
some mist
fog
pot full of potential
red or orange?
hand made paper, shifu, artists' books, north country living, and some words
hand made paper, shifu, artists' books, north country living, and some words
a shotgun shell, that's worrying. did you not hear it?
ReplyDeletehope the red fungus doesn't smell :(
Don't be boiling up that shotgun shell!! You might get a great big surprise!!
ReplyDeletenow I'm green with envy - never have found a red polypore and with a quick look can't find it in either "all that the rain promises.." or "the rainbow beneath my feet". did it "bleed" when you cut it? It could be dyer's polypore (phaeolus schweinitzii) which turns brown as it gets older-- in which case you would get yellow, orange and golds. I'm waiting!
ReplyDeletei'd narrow it down between hapalopilus rutilans (dyes violet!) or pycnoporus cinnabarinus by keying it out at rogersmushrooms.com.
ReplyDeleteor if it has tubes and not pores then maybe it is a fistulina hepatica.
a mushroom that "bleeds," but has spines not pores is hydnellum peckii. HTH!
following with interest.
ReplyDeleteV- I thought don't tell me V is going to eat that - thank goodness I read on - what a great colour seems to be steaming in the caldron. Great that nature offers us such beauty. B
ReplyDeletethanks for the input-i know next to nothing about fungi, but enough to respect and be very careful. the little pot is steeping for now.
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