Gabriola fungus

I am smitten with this fungus. Smitten! I obsess about it, because isn’t it gorgeous?

I wish a mushroom expert would arrive to help me identify the fungi I find in the Gabriola woods, because that would be ever so helpful. I think this one is probably Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fries) which is also called Dyer’s Polypore. (Because yes, one can use it for making dye.)

I thank God every day for what decay and fermentation produce. Decaying wood gives us mushrooms, and all manner of fungi. And then of course, we get into fermentation, with glories like sourdough, beer, and wine. Fermentation, yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s have a hand for the good things produced by decay and fermentation!

(Sounds of applause fill the room. The curtain comes down. Gabriolan.ca takes one last sip of a fermented drink, and goes to bed. Gabriolan.ca dreams of fungi.)