Field guide No. 782
Burgundy mushroom’s spore fan
The cap has machinery inside.
A burgundy mushroom opens around a spinning metal fan, scattering pale spores into the dark woods. It has taken up industrial ventilation.
Field noteA fan can fit inside a mushroom cap. The spores have a little industrial assistance.
Also possible, also breaking category
Snake-tipped fiddleheads in springFiddleheads coil like snakes, and here the likeness went too far. Fern at the bottom, viper at the tip.
Leaf closureA glowing leaf fills the mouth of a forest tunnel. The road has been absorbed into the plant.
Blue flame in a hollow lemonLemon rind hollowed into a burner, blue gas flame at the bottom of one half.
The sleeping matchSheep sleep and matches are wooden. Combining the two takes a carpenter, not a paradox.