On Jan 11, 2023, at 12:03 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 1/10/2023 6:12 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: >>> There is a huge horse chestnut tree standing in the lane in front of our >>> house, more than 4 m diameter and almost a century old. A few weeks ago I >>> noticed the arrival of tiny mushrooms in splits of the bark at both sides >>> of the tree. Though these mushrooms (velvet shank or Flammulina velutipes) >>> are getting beautiful, I'm concerned about the fate of this tree. I've >>> asked the community services for an expert to inspect the tree before it is >>> too late and parts will tumble in the wrong direction during a storm. >>> https://flic.kr/p/2oavVJ3 >>> Henk > I hate to just come out and say nice picture, but that really is a lovely > image. The colour palette of the mushrooms is sublime, and is set off well by > the darker tones and texture of the wood. That's basically what I was thinking. The lighting is just perfect. My daughter liked it too (she's interested in mushrooms). We have a tree in our back yard which has a large bracket fungus growing out near its base. We'll be having it removed fairly soon. Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
