Zooming - June 2015

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The ‘zooming’ post is a little earlier than usual this month…but it was such a good month for outdoor subjects that I didn’t want to wait. Can you find:

  • A wild flower?
  • A garden flower?
  • Dogwood?
  • A wood frog?
  • Rattlesnake fern?
  • Garlic scapes?
  • Milkweed?
  • A feather?
  • A goldfinch?
  • Birds nest fungus?

 

Bird’s Nest Fungus

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As I hurried back to the car to meet my husband after his walk at Centennial Park I spotted some tiny birds nest fungus in the mulch of a raised bed beside the path near the canoe and paddle boat rentals. Photographing them took a few just minutes.These fungi are only a little larger than a pencil eraser. I noticed their color first

Then some dimples

And finally some ‘eggs’ where the covering had torn away to reveal them in the ‘nest.’ Notice the one at the top middle of the image below that still had part of the covering.