Friday, February 13, 2009

nature pictures

i am enjoying more and more taking pictures with my digital camera. the following pictures were taken a few years back but i thought them worth sharing.

this a type of spine fungus, whose Latin name i don't know. some fungi have gills, some have pores (and look spongy on their undersides) and some have spines. the diversity is fascinating!

almost the entire patch of spine fungi growing on an old maple tree.

this is mountain laurel, Kalmia latifiolia. i'm uncertain if it's a cultivatar of some sort. this was the first good picture i took with my camera; i was pleasantly surprised at how well it came out.
more of the kalmia shrub.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You take *very nice* pictures!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. (o:

Blessings,
Michele

Ganeida said...

Doesn't fungi & lichen make for wonderful pics! I love looking at other people's pics. Everything always seems so exotic.

chicory cottage said...

thank you, michele!

ganeida, i think fungi in general look exotic, no matter where it's found.