tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2133850077928032524..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-73078474664134629252016-10-13T20:16:00.494+01:002016-10-13T20:16:00.494+01:00The matsutake
Is not aware that a leaf
is sticking...The matsutake<br />Is not aware that a leaf<br />is sticking to it.<br /><br />--- Translation of a haiku by BashoRalph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-55918622155728806612016-10-13T11:21:03.694+01:002016-10-13T11:21:03.694+01:00“I wondered why Chief Counsellor of State Lord Uji...“I wondered why Chief Counsellor of State Lord Uji Takakuni wrote about the wonder of hiratake mushrooms but failed to notice the splendour of matsutake mushrooms.” (From a prose piece, 'Visiting Uji', by the 18th-century Japanese haiku poet Yosa BUSON)<br />harryghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184350321693687780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-54655036593484073362016-10-12T21:31:11.583+01:002016-10-12T21:31:11.583+01:00Thanks very much -- have changed the text. You alw...Thanks very much -- have changed the text. You always correct my many blunders. Hope you are having a good time in Japan, and that some generous person has treated you to the dreadfully expensive matsutake.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-28334510011989022542016-10-12T21:12:47.218+01:002016-10-12T21:12:47.218+01:00Though I'm in Japan and I can't check it p...Though I'm in Japan and I can't check it personally, the mushroom looks to me more likely to be Pholiota squarrosa, commonly known as the shaggy scalycap. Once thought to be edible, we now know it to be poisonous, especially if consumed with alcohol (although the mechanism seems to be different to that of the inkcaps). This fungus is usually found in large clumps at the base of trees, usually attacking trees that have already been wickened.<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com