Thursday, September 24, 2009

Rainy weather opportunists

fungi in Evergreen gardenGive the yard just a little rain (about an inch in the last several days) and things that have been lying in wait through the dry summer come to life.  The flying ants (not sure what they really are) that usually emerge in huge clouds in the middle of the summer were not around this year until now.  And even now, there aren’t as many of them as usual.  This is fine with me.

Also Fungi that I haven’t seen much of all year are coming up all over now.  Bird's nest fungiThese I tend to like, or at least find interesting and beautiful.  There is quite a variety in the yard.  Here are photos of a few that I found on my morning walk around.  

 fungi in hosta garden

 

 

 

 

fungi on old crabapple stump

1 comment:

Lynnette said...

We had a scary war of the flying ants vs. the little red ants on our front stairs. It only lasted one day, thank goodness.