{"id":1846,"date":"2016-05-01T18:44:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T06:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2016-05-24T17:26:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T05:26:41","slug":"fun-with-fungi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/fun-with-fungi\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Fungi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the exciting\u00a0things about autumn on the farmlet has been seeing\u00a0mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi popping up around the place.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some that Deborah and I spotted\u00a0last weekend. I started trying to identify them, but you wouldn&#8217;t believe how very similar various different\u00a0species of fungi look. After several hours scrutinising Google images\u00a0I gave up.\u00a0I&#8217;ve noted where they were\u00a0found though, and the farmlet map is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/update-on-doug-and-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\">over here<\/a> if you want to check locations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1847\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1847\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-126-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"vvv\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-126.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-126-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-126-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Strip Paddock.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1849\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1849\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-128-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"bbb\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-128.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-128-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2-2016-04-24-128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Strip Paddock.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1851\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1851\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-123-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"lll\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-123.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-123-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-123-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near the path on the south side of\u00a0the house.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1853\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1853\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1853\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-125-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"nnn\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-125.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-125-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-125-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seven Acre Wood.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1852\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1852\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1852\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-124-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Seven Acre Wood\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-124.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-124-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-124-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seven Acre Wood.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1850\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1850\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-121-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"jjj\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-121.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-121-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fungi-2016-04-24-121-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Top Paddock.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t they\u00a0pretty? I guess some could even be edible too, although we are definitely not going to be testing that out\u00a0(see my complaint above about fungi\u00a0being difficult to identify). Instead we&#8217;ll stick to our\u00a0plan\u00a0to\u00a0inoculate some of the fallen\u00a0trees\u00a0in Seven Acre Wood with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mushroomgourmet.co.nz\/index.php\/shiitake-mushrooms\" target=\"_blank\">shiitake mushrooms<\/a>.\u00a0We&#8217;ve also got plenty of growing medium for portobello mushrooms courtesy of our on-site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/welcoming-the-horses\/\" target=\"_blank\">EnviroFert\u00a0Crew<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s in for mushrooms on toast?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the exciting\u00a0things about autumn on the farmlet has been seeing\u00a0mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi popping up around the place. Here are some that Deborah and I spotted\u00a0last weekend. I started trying to identify them, but you wouldn&#8217;t believe&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/fun-with-fungi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,40,41,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autumn","category-fungi","category-plant-life","category-woodland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1917,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}