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Midweek Magnificent Mushrooms! #2
Hello everyone! Welcome back to our mushroom series which I hope you will all enjoy as we cover some of the more common and a few uncommon mushrooms that are found, not only in this area, but all through the northeastern part of N. America. And sometimes elsewhere too. This is not going to be an exhaustive review of mushrooms and if you are planning to pick wild mushrooms to eat, then please go with someone who knows mushrooms and knows which are the best for eating and which to stay away from.
Unfortunately there are many toxic and very poisonous mushrooms around and they sometimes look very much like edible varieties. So, today we have a beautiful mushroom, the Golden Pholiota, which is quite common in our area and likes to grow on decaying logs of coniferous trees. They can be found from late summer into fall. And they truly are a bright and easy to see mushroom.
Golden Pholiota
I first saw them in 2019 in a very dark, shaded area of tall pines and spruce trees. It was a very dull, cloudy day and these mushrooms really stood out, quite far off the path. It was quite something to see them so bright in the dark landscape. They were growing on a very old, fallen white pine tree. Although not listed as a toxic species, they are bitter and can cause intestinal problems so it is best to leave them alone.
Golden Pholiota underneath.
But they are great for photography purposes! The caps can be up to 6 inches (15cm) wide and the stems up to 4 inches (10cm) tall. The ones I saw in these pics were 4 inch (10cm) caps with stems 3 to 4 inches (7.5 to 10cm) tall. I found them on several different rotting logs but have never seen them anywhere else. I hope you enjoy, have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2024 Steve McLeod.
Muffin’s Fun! #53
PLEASE NOTE: Muffin’s Fun post is for humor purposes only and is not meant to be taken seriously. Thanks.
Meow,meow everyone!😺🌞 I hope you having good day today on this day which is Wednesday! I so sorry for missing on Monday, my human even more sorry and also more sore too! But we did get lots exercises on Monday because of this missing post. Amazing how fast he can run sometimes, he did real good until he slide into closet door. I thought maybe he going to break something he hit so hard. But door okay.😹 That was close one though. So, here is funnies for today…
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The older I get, the more I understand why roosters scream to start their day.
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At breakfast one day, a young wife eagerly waited for her husband to comment on her first attempt at homemade cinnamon rolls.
After several minutes with no reaction, she asked, “If I baked these commercially, how much do you think I could get for one of them?”
Without looking up from his paper her husband replied, “About 10 years.”
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You know you’re getting old when you have to use a shopping cart at the pharmacy.
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MORE CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPERS
~ Weight Watchers will meet at 7 p.m. Please use the large double door at the side entrance.
~ Pastor is on vacation. Massages can be given to the church secretary.
~ The Rev. Adams spoke briefly, much to the delight of his audience.
~ The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in the church basement on Friday at 7 pm. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
~ Thursday at 5:00 pm there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All wishing to become little mothers, please see the minister in his study.
~ Next Sunday Mrs. Vinson will be soloist for the morning service. The pastor will then speak on “It’s a Terrible Experience.”
~ The concert held in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special thanks are due to the minister’s daughter, who labored the whole evening at the piano, which as usual fell upon her.
~ In the church bulletin during the minister’s illness: GOD IS GOOD!
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Who IS Pete? And why do we keep doing things for his sake?
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Well, that all for today everyone, I hope you all have meowvelous day!
Muffin. 😽
©2024 Muffin McLeod.
