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a microscopic mushroom
growing on a tree
is an umbrella for someone little
who is large with joy and free
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Micro-mushrooms in Moss. (1) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2015
Micro-mushrooms in Moss. (2) Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2015
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Wow! Great photo. How tiny is that little mushroom?
Nice to think, as you write in your poem, that someone little can use this microscopic umbrella 🙂
Thanks, Sci! It was less than 1/4th of an inch in total length. Probably closer to 3/16ths. That is as big as these get! 🙂
Gosh – that is sooo tiny! I wouldn’t have realised, except you said it was in moss. There’a a whole world out there in the microcosm!
Nice photo, great detail. It’s refreshing to read about the “little” world.
I think the mushroom is Cystoderma amianthimum or Poweer Cap. It is a mushroom that is sensitive to pollution which provides an indicator of our progress toward destruction of our little world.
The moss is among one of my favorites, bazzania-trilobata or Greater Whipwort.
Thanks, Jude! Nope… these are much too small to be Powder Caps. I don’t know what they are! They are super tiny!
Okay, duh. I love your photo so much that the little world turned big to me. Perspective in the eye of the beholder? Narrowed it down a bit, Should fall under the Agarics – Cortinariaceae, Cortinarius. There’s only 360 species noted in North America but up to 500 species world-wide.
No matter. Great photo evoking lovely words. I just like to poke a little deeper when I can. Perhaps, the search would be better served from the eye within. Let go and Be.
At least you tried to identify them, Jude! I looked and can’t find what they are. But that’s OK… we can just enjoy them! 🙂
What a beautiful capture!
Thanks, Amy! They always grow on the large Oak Tree in our backyard! 🙂
Very beautiful.
Thanks, Bee! You wouldn’t believe how small these are! 🙂