It’s so neat to see a good group of them together like this… and, of course, they are just the fruiting bodies of a large organism under the earth’s surface. 🙂
They all looked so uniform as well. I’ve never seen mushrooms that tall as my Park is not woodsy enough to have mushrooms growing that large. Now that they’ve trimmed back bushes and trees, it is even lighter so less mushroom, though I shouldn’t say that after we have an entire week of rain, no telling where mushrooms will be growing.
Thanks but i didn’t like part of the post. Psilocybin is a powerful hallucinogen that intelligent human beings need to stay away from. Period. Mind changing drugs are no real shortcut to anything truly spiritual.
Well that is good to know as well – we have enough to worry about here now that our state has legalized pot. Pot is not as bad as the other drugs of course, but we’ve already had our first fatality of a pedestrian from a hit-and-run driver under the influence. Plus he left the scene on top of it. Walking in the neighborhood seems riskier every day – besides looking around for nature things to enjoy, I must have my eyes and ears in tune with everything else non-nature.
Grass, like all drugs, is an escape. Like all drugs, it is a rollercoaster ride that never makes one truly and lastingly happy. In India, where people smoke hash a lot, people who were on it and who died and then had autopsies, had shrunken brains. People will drive while using it — because a lot of people are inconsiderate and stupid — and lives will be lost, more so than if people did not use it. So, really, it is no natural miracle drug. Medical use, like with CBD (which is not hallucinogenic), is another story. Illinois will likely be legalizing pot soon and, like similar states, traffic deaths will increase.
I have a friend given to using the modern expression, “Because reasons.” I like your version: “Beyond reasons.”
I’m not familiar with the “Because reasons” expression. I like “Beyond reasons” better. 🙂
Your poem complements your photo perfectly. 🙂
Thank you, Scifi! So glad that you are out and about again! 🙂
Thank you very much 🙂
Very cool mushrooms. Look like tiny umbrellas!
They are like tiny umbrellas, aren’t they?! Thanks, Sandy! 🙂
Sure, Tom.
My gosh, they do look like a cluster of umbrellas! 🙂 They simply blossom where they are!
They were a true treasure to find, Kym! 🙂
Love it!
Thanks much, Carol! Make it into a song! 🙂
Haha! I should : )
Very nice! What a cool picture!
Thanks much, M.B.! I like it a lot too. 🙂
The reason for the season of ‘shrooms is all this pesky rain! You sure did capture a crop of mushrooms in this shot Tom.
It’s so neat to see a good group of them together like this… and, of course, they are just the fruiting bodies of a large organism under the earth’s surface. 🙂
They all looked so uniform as well. I’ve never seen mushrooms that tall as my Park is not woodsy enough to have mushrooms growing that large. Now that they’ve trimmed back bushes and trees, it is even lighter so less mushroom, though I shouldn’t say that after we have an entire week of rain, no telling where mushrooms will be growing.
Had to share Pam’s post with you Tom … I went from your mushrooms to more mushrooms … beneficial ones:
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/34301607/posts/2243646574
Thanks but i didn’t like part of the post. Psilocybin is a powerful hallucinogen that intelligent human beings need to stay away from. Period. Mind changing drugs are no real shortcut to anything truly spiritual.
Well that is good to know as well – we have enough to worry about here now that our state has legalized pot. Pot is not as bad as the other drugs of course, but we’ve already had our first fatality of a pedestrian from a hit-and-run driver under the influence. Plus he left the scene on top of it. Walking in the neighborhood seems riskier every day – besides looking around for nature things to enjoy, I must have my eyes and ears in tune with everything else non-nature.
Grass, like all drugs, is an escape. Like all drugs, it is a rollercoaster ride that never makes one truly and lastingly happy. In India, where people smoke hash a lot, people who were on it and who died and then had autopsies, had shrunken brains. People will drive while using it — because a lot of people are inconsiderate and stupid — and lives will be lost, more so than if people did not use it. So, really, it is no natural miracle drug. Medical use, like with CBD (which is not hallucinogenic), is another story. Illinois will likely be legalizing pot soon and, like similar states, traffic deaths will increase.
Beautiful mushrooms, Tom! 😊
Many thanks, Sabine! 🙂
Lovely shot, Tom, looks like tiny little umbrellas!