Fungi Friday:the nature reserve longs for rain

Hello friends, mushroom hunters

Perhaps many of you are wondering about the title of my post today, which is different from usual, the nature reserve misses the rain because lately, I have seen the trees starting to become woody and sluggish, the nature reserve is not like what I encountered when I was mushroom hunting, the roots of the trees are starting to become visible, almost all the bushes are starting to dry out and there is no more moisture, maybe this is a trial for us, why has it not rained for almost 5 months, the plants and various other creatures on earth are longing for rain, the water in the river is starting to dry up, I am very sad to see the natural contents of the nature reserve becoming barren, seeing some species of mushrooms in the nature reserve that are difficult to reproduce makes me feel like I've lost something when I wander through the bushes, there are no more tiny and cute fairies that can make me smile.

The weather is not like usual, the temperature is above average, it feels like I can't even go outside due to the intense heat of the sun lately, but I try my best to go out mushroom hunting. Hunting for mushrooms in the dry season is certainly not an easy thing to find those tiny mushroom species; they do not appear because there is no place for them to survive. One of the mushroom species I found is Picipes melanopus, a type of mushroom with a resilient texture, but it still looks a little fresher because I happened to find it at the very bottom of the bushes. To take a picture, I had to first take this mushroom species from below to place it in a spot with better lighting.

Continuing in another section, this hard-textured mushroom is indeed almost unrecognizable from its original state, its color has faded and is not shiny as usual, however, this species of blushing bracket mushroom is generally known for having a quite long period of glory, but this time you can see for yourself the flesh of this mushroom species, they are almost shriveled at all parts of their branches, it is very sad to see mushroom species that cannot survive in times like this, they have no other choice but to wait a little longer when in just a few days they may become brittle and break, causing their flesh to no longer cling to the tree, to my knowledge this mushroom species only grows on hard trees and that is where they breathe air through the gills under their caps.

The journey continues, I can go out for hunting three or four days a week because with this kind of weather I can't stand being under the sun for too long, my sweat is pouring down, so in my country, there has already been an ultimatum to not stay outside for too long to ensure health conditions are fit. From there, I began to avoid spending too much time outside to prevent falling sick. Back to the initial topic, let's look at another species of mushroom that I found, the Lobster mushroom, which has a fairly thick fleshy part making it slightly more resilient. This species of mushroom also generally has a large stem, but on this occasion, I only took the upper part of its texture because I noticed that the texture of its upper part had also begun to wrinkle, while generally this species of mushroom is very brightly colored and beautiful to look at. Even so, I did not overlook this species of mushroom.I am trying to take some of the upper parts that still look very good for me to preserve.

At the end of my post today, I present another species of mushroom, which is a type of chalky tail mushroom. This species of mushroom usually has very bright colors, but lately it seems that this species has lost its sweet aura. If we look closely, this species of mushroom resembles an elderly person who has hunched over; its blossoming wings have now shrunk and become pale. I do not blame the situation, but at least if it rains a bit, they might look fresh again. This is the end of my struggle this week in mushroom hunting, and I really hope that there will be a little rain in our area in the coming weeks.

this is my contribution today for the #fungifriday community created and organized by @ewkaw

Thank you very much to all my friends who have taken a little time to read this post of mine, I hope it can be beneficial for all of us.
greetings from me @furkanmamplam