Fungus; some are edible, some are not. The ones in this picture are not, at least not in the way we consume mushrooms.

These are not poisonous though; on the contrary, old people in my tribe would tell you they contain some health properties but only eminent herbalists would be able to say what the properties are. Definitely not aphrodisiac if that’s what you are thinking.

You can tell poisonous fungus by their smell. If they they don’t smell like chemicals, they can’t be poisonous.

Anyway, this was another photo opportunity which I should have explored extensively, like taking much closer shots of the fungus from various angle.

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This is a photoblog and while it’s the picture that matters most, no less important is the accompanying article — because if a picture paints a thousand words, a thousand words should be able to describe a picture.

To tell you the truth, I was quite careless with my write-ups in the past, resulting in many grammatical mistakes; some embarrassing, some downright elementary. But from now on, I shall endeavour to minimise them, if that is possible.

By the way, this is a species of fungus my tribe called the “purak mato” or “the white eyes”. Don’t ask me how my progenitors could come up with such a name as they have been describing species in their own less than scientific way.

You know, they even have names for the various phase of the moon!

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