#fern and fungi

[rebeccathenaturalist]

This was an incredibly beautiful nurse stump I found on Alder Ridge at Oxbow Regional Park in Oregon (it's near the flight path for Portland International Airport, hence the plane sounds near the end.) This is likely an old western red cedar (Thuja plicata) stump, hollowed out by decay and hosting a wide variety of mosses, lichens, fungi and other living beings. It was probably a good four feet in diameter at the base, perhaps a little larger, and while large portions of it have long since returned to the soil and the nutrient cycle, this ancient tree continues to feed the forest.

[michaelnordeman]

Värmland, Sweden (February 4, 2024).

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[vandaliatraveler]

Despite its small size, Valley Falls State Park is a real treasure. Most people who visit the park come for the falls on the Tygart Valley River and completely ignore the beautiful trails. The Rhododendron and Glady Creek Trails wind through some lovely old cove forest anchored by impressive boulder fields smothered in moss. It has that LOTR thing going, especially along some of the more secluded sections of Glady Creek, culminating in an enchanting, multi-tiered waterfall draped in rhododendron. This time of the year, the mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) and ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) are in bloom (I can't decide which is lovelier) and the fungi and ferns dominate the forest floor, now that the canopy has closed over. The American royal fern (Osmunda spectabilis), which grows in the nooks and crannies of the giant boulders at the edge of the river, is a personal favorite of mine.

[pytheon]

[papiliomame]

Fanart for The Phantom Martian by @lexosaurus

Love this fic and love the Ecton AU. I made some fanart for it:

Chapter 13

Ecto-ferns with ecto-fungi-explosion in two different styles.

How I imagined how Danny's portal was created.

[laorelcreates]

My new pattern 'Forest Treasures' (available at my Redbubble shop).

[unfiltered-nature]

[marvelousmotherearth]

[andulkaphoto]

[forestnymphingaround]

The forest floor

[justwearingthesnorkel]

[michaelnordeman]

Forest floor. Värmland, Sweden (November 9, 2024).

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[jadeseadragon]

Eric Wert @ericwert333 (American, b. 1976), Sottobosco, oil on canvas, 40 × 50 inches; private collection.

[sheahuntphotography]

YELLOW mushroom