365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Pseudohydnum Gelatinosum
Day 354: Bottom line: I think Pseudohydnum gelatinosum is cute. It looks like it wanted to be a shelf fungus when it grew up, but just couldn't pass the exams to get into the course. The stipe is not centered as it is in most terrestrial 'shrooms although it has some height, and the cap projects forward from its point of attachment giving the whole 'shroom the look of a faerie awning. The lower surface exhibits fine "teeth," and the flesh is translucent white. If carved appropriately, you could stick 'em in a bowl of white gumdrops and safely so; it is considered edible. Your friends might never trust you again, though. What? Who said that? You're not coming trick-or-treating to my house?
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