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Accidental Spore Print SUCCESS!

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Yesterday, I was putting the washing on the clothesline when I noticed a couple of small mushrooms nearby. I hadn’t done a spore print experiment in a while.

This is largely due to the many failures I’ve experienced. It is so demoralizing when I put a lot of effort into finding the fungi only for the spore print to fail.

I found some scratch paper that I’d bought for Glenn and put them on that. Then promptly forgot about them.

I returned after 8 hours and looked at the print. It is probably the best one I’ve ever done. Glenn is in love with it and thinks it looks like a galaxy. He is hoping to do ones of his own.

I see more spore print experiments in our near future.

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Fungi At The Bush Block: July 2022

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I was on a mission.

It was my first trip to the property in a while. The fungi can get interesting when there are drastic weather changes – and we were experiencing our second wet winter in a row.

I was determined to find some awesome fungi. Both to photograph, and so I could do more fungi spore print experiments.

I was able to find some interesting fungi. It wasn’t too different to normal, although the green fungi above is different to what I’m used to. I was also fortunate enough to see two kangaroos! I didn’t have my digital camera with me, but there was a lot of birdlife around.

Definitely need to return to do some normal wildlife watching. I’ll also need to return in Spring: that is when the awesome purple fungi is out.

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