I've never seen a mushroom that looked like this before (nor had my gardening companion).
Its markings echo long-ago learnings about selective pressure around moths, and industrial Britain. (They became darker as coal ash polluted the air over a century ago).
Nevertheless, this was an extraordinary-looking mushroom, seen on a outing this morning to Biltmore -- in the Winter Garden.
Its markings echo long-ago learnings about selective pressure around moths, and industrial Britain. (They became darker as coal ash polluted the air over a century ago).
Nevertheless, this was an extraordinary-looking mushroom, seen on a outing this morning to Biltmore -- in the Winter Garden.
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| mushroom near Japanese maple |