Is this your name or a doctor's eye chart?

[sovay]

At this point if I have a circadian rhythm it seems to be measured in days, but last night after two doctor's appointments and an evening of virtual seminars through the euphemistically designated career center, I fell over for something like a cumulative thirteen hours and still got through this afternoon's calendar of calling more doctors and the next stage of the career center in time to run out into a cold pastel sunset out of which the occasional flake of snow drifted with insulting singularity. I am delighted by the rediscovery of silent Holmes and also by my camera's cooperation when trying again for the beautiful fungi I had spotted on an earlier walk, clustered on the stump of what used to be a sidewalk tree and has now pivoted to Richard Dadd. I dreamed intensely and have no idea what Alex Horne was doing in there.

Comments

[luzula]

Looks like Trametes versicolor and Schizophyllum commune! They must be cosmopolitan species--they're common here in Sweden. Did you look underneath the whitish one? They look cool on the underside.

[sovay]

Looks like Trametes versicolor and Schizophyllum commune! They must be cosmopolitan species--they're common here in Sweden.

I like that thought! I have certainly seen both around here before, particularly the former and often more elaborately. Do you have an opinion on the one that looks like jellied leather? Also some kind of bracket, actually formed an impressive shelf that collected a drift of maple keys I couldn't get a good picture of. We've had cold snaps on and off all month and I can't tell if it should normally look less freeze-dried.



Did you look underneath the whitish one? They look cool on the underside.

I did not—I would have had to lie on the pavement to do it. I can see the fan vaulting in photos online, though.

[luzula]

Could be Ganoderma lucidum!

[sovay]

Could be Ganoderma lucidum!

Thank you! It would be invasive if so, but it looks as though there are some North American cousins, too.

[luzula]

I have no knowledge of North American fungi--I'm just going by my knowledge of North European ones. : )

[sovay]

I have no knowledge of North American fungi--I'm just going by my knowledge of North European ones.

Totally understandable, and extremely helpful no matter what!