The mushroom pushes
Its soft skull
Up through the soil,
Spreads its frail
Ribs into full
Pale bloom,
And floats,
A dim ghost,
Above the tomb
Where an oak's
Old dust lies
Flourishing still.
LOCATION: Umbria, Italy
Umbria is the Truffle capitol of Italy! With the setting dominated by Mount Vettore, at 2,470 metres concealing the mysterious Lake Pilato, the panorama becomes an eerie whirl of plains and vertical rock faces. The suggestiveness of these surroundings led to its notoriety in the Middle Ages as a realm of necromancers, fairies and evil spirits.
The original illustration this surface pattern design was made from was illustrated by Zosia Olenska.
