Monday, August 17, 2026

Parasol mushroom

A beauty..along Center Drive 

Mushrooms are popping out here and there on lawns in Prospect park , like this cool one a Parasol species.. iNaturalist Id it ..
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The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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