Recently, my family and I have noticed that the heavy spring storms have been bringing down and damaging countless trees. We go to Oak Woods Cemetery often to appreciate the nature there, and fallen branches and toppled headstones throughout the cemetery. But despite all the tree death, gray skies, and cool air in the grim cemetery, fungi persisted. They thrive on death, creating new soils from dead organisms and bare rock. They thrived in the cemetery, both literally creating life from death and symbolizing rebirth.
Note: "Circular Fungi" does not refer to any grouping of fungi, formal or informal. It is merely an observation of the appearance of certain fungi I observed on 6.25.2026.
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| Mower's Mushrooms |
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| Fun lil' mushroom |
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| ...Really weird fungus |
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| Welp, I am stumped about this weird fungus. Note: it is sweating. See the weird liquid? That is fungal sweat |
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| Some weird little moldy crusty fungal growths |
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| These lil' fungi are fun |
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| Rosette Lichen surrounded by Candleflame Lichen |
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| note the weird dried up purple Rosette Lichen |
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| Rosette Lichen and Candleflame Lichen |
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| Rosette and Candleflame |
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| Rosette and Candleflame |
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| Hoary Rosette Lichen and Candleflame Lichen |
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| Hoary Rosette |
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| Hoary Rosette |
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| Rosette |
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| Unidentified Rosettes and jelly fungi |
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| Rosettes and jellies |
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| Cool lil' fungi |
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| Unidentified Wood-ear |
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