Doughtie is pronounced DOW-tea.
This mushroom was growing by the side of the driveway.
It’s growing in soil covered with mulch.
It’s a little suggestive.
At its base was a spherical cavern that it seems to have sprung up out of.
Since I first saw this one, two more popped up near it, one after the other. Just as the previous one was dying, the next one started growing, like a fireworks show.
These mushrooms were growing in the mulch.
The mulch was spread thin over a part of the driveway we don’t usually pull into.
When it rained, they collected water like little cups.
These mushrooms were growing in the compost.
They have serrated edges, like they were cut with pinking shears.
The oldest ones have loose, ragged, stringy dark edges. It makes them look especially poisonous to me.
This was my first shot at Mark Bittman’s Almost No Work Whole Grain Bread. I rolled it in chopped up walnuts, fennel seeds, anise seeds, black caraway seeds, poppy seeds, sunflower seeds and coarse salt before I baked it. I liked the texture of the bread, but it tasted a little salty. Eventually I figured out that I like it with only teaspoon of salt in the main recipe, and I like to add a tablespoon of honey.
