We've been able to ID the Fungi that we saw growing on the side of a large oak tree on the Florida Trails!
The first time we saw it, I said it looked like a loaf of bread and was as big as a cantaloupe.
But 4 days later it looked like the dough had been stretched out to make pizza!
Another view....
And with ALL that information, we narrowed it down to Inonotus hispidus or the oak loving Inonotus dryophilis. Commonly called Shaggy Bracket.
We keep walking this trail just to see how much it has changed!
I found one good website that helped with the ID HERE!
What would we do without the internet!
On the days I don't hike, I spend some time outside in my yard.
I sat out front in a lawn chair and saw this beautiful Cardinal and I went back inside to grab my camera.
Isn't it beautiful there among the flowers and palm fronds.
And I loved all the guesses as to what the painted rock was. My fav was what Sam wrote, "I think the rock was stating X marks the spot and now no one will be able to find the treasure because you moved it! LOL
So you'll all be happy to know, I went back and dug up the treasure and moved it to X marks the spot!
Now you'll have to come and hike the Florida Trails to find it!
(just kidding...just kidding!!!)
The pretty bluebird on the mailbox was in front of my house!
I'm joining Angie for Mosaic Monday HERE .
53 comments:
...fabulous images!
Oh a blue bird and a cardinal...two of my favorites. Those mushrooms look like they could be wall brackets....they have a very pretty dimension.
Congratulations indentifying the fungi. It does look better with age.
Beautiful photos. The cardinal is quite the bird model.
That picture of the Cardinal finding under that frond is absolutely spectacular and I love it! And I have seen that type of mushroom growing on the tree but never like the first one I did not know they changed and it's amazing how much is changing every time you look at it truly amazing
My goodness, but you have some interesting photos of the fungi as it grew and matured. The photo taken at a distance really shows how large it really is! Amazing! Your photo of the cardinal shows how really handsome he is! Thank you and have a grand week!
Nothing could be much nicer than a bluebird on a mailbox. Since this is the bird of happiness, perhaps there were no bills today.
Amazing the way that mystetious fungus morphed its way of wonders. Beautiful bird today
Happy Monday
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Oh I do love me a red bird! Your pictures are beautiful. So glad you found out what that Pizza was! LOL! It's a nice cool morning in Florida today. LOVING it! Even got on a pair of little booties! Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Very interesting fungus, and beautiful birds!
Have a wonderful week!
I'm jealous! A bluebird on your mailbox! I never get to see them. I love the cardinal too. We do have lots of them here. As for the mushroom, it's really quite interesting. You have a wonderful day, hugs, Edna B.
Hello,
Love the Blue bird and the Cardinal. I have seen a lot of the bracket fungi. It is fun finding the painted rocks. Great collection of photos. Take care, enjoy your day! Have a great new week!
The Cardinal is an amazing bird. Fantastisc captures, I enjoyed reading.
Stay healthy and well.
Happy MosaicMonday
the Shaggy Bracket is really unusual and it did look like pizza with sauce. Beautiful bird shots too. Have a great week Diane!
I love Fungi...one of the weathermen here in Chicagoland has one day a week...Fungi Friday where they post photos of Chicagoans' fungi...which is lots of FUN! Great photos and fun information. Sandi
Preciosas fotografías de la naturaleza!!
That is definitely "a fungi amongi"....and it sure does look like a pizza, sauce and all. I love bluebirds. We get them in the Spring but not sure they stay all summer. It looks like they go to your house!
I don't think I have ever been quoted before! LOL!
That fungi is something else. Time lapse photography on that process would be intriguing. The cardinal in your own yard is gorgeous.
how cool to see that fungi grow like that. Don´t happen that often. It really changed both form and colors. :)
I love the beautiful mosaic you created with the cardinal in the center- Really beautiful :)
That is such a strange fungus on the tree! Wow! Interesting how it changed each time you saw it. The cardinal is beautiful! I always enjoy my visit to your posts!!
The pizza fungus is gorgeous! I thought it looked more like pancakes though! That cardinal is perfectly framed!
I love the pictures of the fungus. Nature is so amazing. I love watching my little cardinals, mockingbirds, and blue jays. Those I can count on every single day.
How absolutely wonderful to learn about that fungi... and so many great pictures. Thank you so much for the fungi lesson, my friend!! ~Andrea xoxo
Great job on identifying that fungi and capturing it in all of it's various transformations. How interesting. Beautiful capture of that bluebird!
my first thought...you see great things in your yard without hiking the florida trails. both the bluebird and the cardinal are such beautiful birds!!
interesting information on the fungi, who know there were so many varieties. this one was certainly an interesting find!!!
Hahaha, Diane, that fungus did look like pizza!!!
I absolutely loved your photo of the cardinal. We don't see them here and I miss them. They are one of my favorite birds.
I love fungus!
That is the craziest fungi ... more unbelievable than even in Alaska where we hike in a place with the most kinds I’ve ever seen. .... what a nice hike and you don’t even have to leave home to see beautiful colorful birds. Just wonderful.
Wonderful feathered friends photos ~ Always love to see a cardinal come visit ~ Such amazing fungi ~ ^_^
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Fungi give me the willies for some reason! I love the birds though! xo
It was fun to see the tree fungi changing so much. I love the bird photos. Your mosaic looked great. Blessings, xoxo, Susie
That fungus is amazing. It made so many changes.
Love the blue bird picture!
Diane - I loved the progression of the fungi - and it did look like pizza (or maybe I am just hungry!) I miss Cardinals so much - what a stunning picture, perfectly framed by the palms. And you embellished it so nicely with that mosaic - fabulous, my dear! Thanks for linking up to Mosaic Monday, and welcome to November!
So interesting to see the changing look of the fungus! Amazing! And the cardinal - such a beautiful bird!
I enjoyed the comparison to a pizza! I love what you did with the cardinal photo.
What beautiful pictures these are.
I love the birds, you don't see these species in the Netherlands unfortunately.
Have a good day and stay healthy.
That fungi is amazing and your descriptions of it are perfect
OH, that beautiful Bluebird! What a treasure that was!! And also that Cardinal! Love to watch them. Now, your "shaggy bracket" fungi is very interesting. I had one on a tree that looked like pancakes, and this one looks very similar. My father used to take some of those larger ones when they were dry and paint pictures on them. I think one of my siblings still has one that he did many years ago and it lasted all these years. I wish I had a picture of it. Enjoy this beautiful fall weather we are having while it lasts! yesterday was a bit windy and cold, and right now it is 48 here at our house at 6 am. Wow! Happy November! Love your pictures as always.
Fabulous blog
Hi,
I LOVE that cardinal photo. Beautiful!!!
And the way you described the fungi, was great Diane, very creative.
Love, Carla
I am so intrigued with how fungi seems to change on a daily or near-daily basis. I've seen it up north. But never one so spectacular as this one! WOW!
LOVE fungi!!!!!!
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What a lovely post . . . pretty blue bird and glorious red cardinal and I love how you showed us the progression of the growing fungi . . . very interesting.
Happy Hiking!!!
Connie :)
ahh the ole saggy bracket, lol. Very interesting how fungi change. It fascinates me to watch how they grow, morph and wilt or rot.
Love the cardinal and the little Eastern blue bird, they are so precious.
Dawn aka Spatulas On Parade
Well done on identifying the fungi.
Great photographs.
All the best Jan
The fungi is so high up in the tree. How neat to see it change each time you hike. I love the bird pictures~ Wonderful post, Diane. xo
I love hiking with you!!!
How nice to get out on the hikes all the time! I enjoyed looking at the photos of the birds and fungi. Have a nice end of the week and weekend.
Oh, that sweet little blue bird, what a precious photo. And the red cardinal! They are such wonderful birds. I always wondered why the male was red and the female was a brownish color. That fungus is strange, indeed. And to see it grow like that in different stages would be so interesting.
I hope you have happy and healthy November days, Diane.
~Sheri
Hi, beautifl photos of the mushrooms, the red cardinal and the blue bird. I love it. Greetings Caroline
Me ha encantado ver como va cambiando el hongo. Los pájaros son preciosos, tienes suerte de verlos en el jardín. Besos.
I just love this post. We had so many interesting mushrooms this year that I was in awe. We also have some on trees and I would love to know their names. Love your bluebird...wish I could see one, and that cardinal is glowing. YOu've done an interesting treatment of the photo too. Happy Trails.
applause on the photo "quilt" you made!!! I want to figure out how to do that in fabric, great work there!!!!
LeeAnna
That isn't Shaggy Bracket, it's: Ganoderma curtisii or Reishi Mushroom
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