Sunflowers

A field with sunflowers near Wezup. I'm linking to Floral Friday Fotos.

Chicken-of-the-woods

We passed a couple of trees last Sunday with a large yellow fungus that I'd never seen before. Apparently it's a species of fungi that grows on trees and is found in Europe and North America. Other names are crab-of-the-woods, sulphur shelf and, hence the title of this post: chicken-of-the-woods. In Dutch it's named  'zwavelzwam'.

The fungus is described as "fruit bodies that grow as striking golden-yellow shelf-like structures on tree trunks and branches. Unlike many fungi growing on trees, it is edible when young''. 
Hmm, to be honest I have no desire in taking a bite.. how about you?  :)

It happens occasionally however that it causes brown cubical rot in the heartwood of trees. (info from Wikipedia)

Pumpkins and gourds

A farmhouse cart filled with pumpkins and gourds for sale tell that somewhere, someday, Autumn will come..
We still manage to hold on to nice and warm weather though. Photo taken last Sunday in the small village of Wezup, about 30 min by car from our house.