There’s a Fungus Among Us, I Think
Have a look at this interesting specimen that sprouted in my backyard last week. In all, we had five of them. And now, they have lost the beautiful orange color and have changed to sort of an ecru in addition to looking really ragged. I couldn’t find any information on this type of growth anywhere. I did, in the process of looking, find out lots of things about fungi that I didn’t know before. I think that they are incredibly beautiful, in a sort of creepy way. I really hope that I have made a new discovery, because it would be my pleasure to name a fungus. Wouldn’t that be cool? When naming a fungus, you really have to do it right. I mean with Dog’s Vomit Slime Mold and Witch’s Butter to compete with…..how about “McGregor’s Orange”(to describe the cabbage shape and the color)? Yep. McGregor’s Orange it is.

Here we have our fungus with a cute little boy who posed with it to lend some scale to the picture.