Wednesday 29 September 2010

fun guys

...that I met in the woods



So many shapes...



So many colours...











this next one makes me think of Lothlorien...



and of course the "classic" fairy toadstool...

10 comments:

joy said...

knitted hobbits next then? only if you do, remember I mentioned it first, lol

Sugarplum Kawaii said...

Wow! I love mushrooms...the fact they loom up over night and look so alien. We have a fairy ring in the garden....just magical.
One day i'm going to enroll on one of those weekends courses where you stay in a cosy hotel...up the crack of dawn and learn about edible mushrooms/cooking them outdoors. (-:

Aileen Clarke Crafts said...

these are amazing Heather! we had a great walk in the woods on Saturday too and I photographed a few. Such a wonderful array of shapes and colours. I like the 4th photo down. Makes me think of a lead singer with a backing group : )

Heather Leavers said...

LOL Aileen I can see what you mean
;-)
Joy, don't encourage me. I've just knitted something functional for the first time in ages, a cozy for MrNifty's phone.

Jackie said...

i am envious of your fungi count. Our local authority has just 'upgraded' our woodland path into a bridleway. Its horrible and they've dumped load of hardcore onto the margins where the toadstools grew.

Heather Leavers said...

Oh Jackie - what a shame. I think the reason we saw so many is that this is a new public footpath opened up through some privately-owned woodlands. There is already a fair bit of litter (why do litterers always seem to drink red bull or fosters?) so I doubt there will be so many in a couple of years time :-(

Unknown said...

Wow! Fab pics
Gemxxx

Pamela Zimmerman said...

wow, lovin' all the mushrooms! thanks for sharing them!

Anonymous said...

Wow, what a superb variety of shrooms, Heather - thanks so much for sharing them. My hubby keeps asking if I know where to see them, he'd so love to go mushroom spotting, and I have no idea - care to share the place? Promise we won't bring any Red Bull or Fosters (or hardcore rubble)...

Heather Leavers said...

These particular toadies are in walking distance of my home in Tenterden, kent - so if you want to come walk with us, you're more than welcome!