Helios

Resinous polypore (Ischnoderma resinosum) was not on my September fungus bingo card, but I’m delighted to check it off nevertheless! #Mushrooms #FungiFriends

Trumpet-shaped lichen on a mossy piece of wood on the forest ground.

🎺

#lichen #moss

Male Costa’s Hummingbird

Parting shot of this rock star from last week… Costa’s Hummingbird on cholla skeleton 🪶☀️🌵 (sunrise reflection in bird’s eye)

Chewy

#dahlias #flowerfeed #bloomscrolling #michiganflowers #flowerstand

#booksky

Catch a buzz

This praying mantis embedded in amber is about 30 million years old.

A family of bitter oysterling mushrooms grow off the side of a very decayed log, their caps and gills burst over each other like a wave breaking on a jetty. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

The Mackenzie River in Canada seen from space CREDIT|NASA

A family of red and orange banded Stereum lobatum mushrooms look like a line of lobster tails growing from the side of a mossy log

Here are some nice mushrooms

#doodle #sketch #traditionalart

A family of fungi on a tree stump in the Forest of Dean, UK

Shroom cluster from a week or so ago.

#fungi
#fungifriends

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If Vampires are back on the rise can we PLEASE consider a Dark Shadows reboot?

Somewhere in the universe...

Basking in the glow of a beautiful sunrise, this stunning pink rose symbolizes love and new beginnings.

James Webb's view of the M51 galaxy.

James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view of the Pillars of Creation

A family of fuzzy white splitgill mushrooms grow on the underside of an upturned stick above a forest floor covered in dried leaves

Here are some nice mushrooms

‘Mystic Mountain’ captured by Hubble in the Carina Nebula