You have begun to know
the mushrooms.
They are not all
sweet, happy, soft, fragrant
like the first mushrooms.
They are the spiny ones, the puffballs,
the stinkers, the squishers.
They are the ones you do not like.
But they are the ones you will know best.
Their spores are in your blood.
You are a part of their earth.
If they can survive, you can survive.
For they are not afraid.
If you love them, you will know them.
And if you know them, you will love them.

-Fungi by Mary Oliver

TAKE #1

“I’m a helicopter” by et.tu.tiramisu

artist: et.tu.tiramisu / source: Instagram

TAKE #2

“Shaping mushrooms with fabric” by mushrealism

artist: mushrealism / source: Instagram

TAKE #3

“Burning” by Mike Parisella

artist: Mike Parisella / source: Instagram

TAKE #4

“Inflation” by Oona Ode

artist: Oona Ode / source: Instagram

TAKE #5

“Tres Colores” by not.true.ai

artist: not.true.ai / source: Instagram