This is my umpteenth entry for the #FungiFriday hosted by @ewkaw.
These photos were taken when I visited my grandmother in Pidie Jaya district two days ago. Yes, not far from my grandmother's house, there is a garden owned by a local resident.
The garden is overgrown with coconut trees and areca nut trees, in addition to thick shrubs covering the wire fence that surrounds the garden from pests such as wild boars and monkeys. Thus, the garden is relatively protected from the sun and the soil remains moist for a long time.
While I was snooping around looking for mushrooms on dead rotten wood, I heard someone yelling at me as if I were a thief. In a loud voice, he asked what I was doing there. I turned towards the voice. And it turns out, we already know each other.
I told him I was looking for mushrooms there. He apologized to me because he thought I was a thief. From the story, I learned that in the village recently, there has been frequent theft of livestock belonging to local residents by thieves.
After he left, I continued to look for mushrooms there. Mosquitoes are vicious; they're a damn nuisance, just stalking and swarming everywhere I move. But in the end, my struggle was not in vain. I found the frosty bonnet mushrooms (Mycena adscendens) growing in clusters on rotten coconuts that had been pierced by squirrels.
While cursing the damn mosquitoes, I kept taking as many pictures as I could. But I couldn't stand there for long, because my skin was already bruised from being bitten by mosquitoes.
Well, even so, it was the most challenging and very interesting mushroom walk I've ever done because I was almost suspected of being a cattle thief. LOL!
| Camera | Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC Smartphone |
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| Lens | External macro lens |
| Category | Mushroom photography |
| Processed | Mobile Lightroom |
| Location | Pidie Jaya, Sumatra, Indonesia |
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