Inspiration

From Carol Warren's house, these inspiring photos of mushrooms and their relatives:

Instead of going crazy when I see them, I try to take a deep breath and remember my friend Susan saying, "Mushrooms are just flowers without blooms."

They can still be creepy, en masse, can't they?

I like the shapes of the fungus growing from the side of the stump better than the colony of little brown buttons.  A nice idea for embroidery, or to use the ruffles in a crochet piece . . .  Felting?