Hunting for fungi

Nimue Brown

Oct 30

(Nimue)

One of the great pleasures of autumn, is going out in search of fungi. I'm not a forager, I don't pick and eat any of them. I just like seeing them and I appreciate their beauty. Fungi are vital to the life of woodlands. They transform death into new life. I honour them, and celebrate the power o0f decay and transformation.

One of the great advantages of having walked some of my local area many times over many years, is that I know where to look. I have some idea of which trees will have fungi on them, and where the patches of ground growing toadstools are likely to be. I'm enjoying getting to share that knowledge.

This year, an area that was violently cut back some eighteen months ago has produced a remarkable about of fungi. The grief of ill-considered human harm softens now into appreciating the profusions of toadstools. Nature has a knack for making the best of things.

(Photo by Keith Errington)