petals; fungus

Late last afternoon is rained so hard that almost every small flower got knocked the tree in front of my apartment. Now its shadow is this ring of red petals that makes it look as if the force of one strong sneeze shook the flowers off all the tree's slender branches. Everywhere else on the ground thick and floppy mushrooms are springing out of the ground, like tan and earthy cumulus clouds piling on top of each other, ready to storm something fierce. I suppose a shower of spores.