Monomad: Porcupine Quills

These pictures were taken on a mushroom walk today. When we entered a local forest, my eyes fell on porcupine quills embedded in rotting wood.

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Actually, those weren't real porcupine quills, but large clusters of coral mushrooms (Clavariaceae sp.)

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The texture of this mushroom is like bristles if you touch it—a bit soft at the ends but hard at the base.

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Instead of calling it a coral mushroom, I'm more interested in calling it porcupine quills because of the mushroom's physique.

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Besides being physically unique, this mushroom is quite helpful for me when I am attacked by ferocious forest mosquitoes. I casually rub the fungus on my skin to reduce itching. But I don't recommend you do the same. You only need to bring anti-mosquito lotion whenever you enter the forest.


This is another entry I submitted for the daily #monomad challenge.

All of the images here are my own work, taken with Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.

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this very beautiful display of mushroom images that friends show you.