Mushrooms #3

Greensprings Interpretive Trail

Mushrooms #2

Greensprings Interpretive Trail

Mushrooms #1

Greensprings Interpretive Trail

Polypore

 

Robert Frost Trail

Mount Toby Recreation Area

Ghosts

 

 

Taskinas Creek Trail, York River State Park

Lost World

 

Taskinas Creek Trail, York River State Park

Taskinas Creek Trail

 

Shaggy-stalked Lepiota

 

 

I can never be certain about mushrooms. They're just such a dizzying variety that any identification I make is, at best, a wild guess. And, anyway, my interest in them isn't so much scientific as artistic. I just think they're fascinating to look at and fun to photograph. There also seem to be a lot of them around this month.

 

Eastern Cauliflower

 

"Sparassis (also known as cauliflower mushroom) is a genus of parasitic and saprobic mushroom characterised by its unique shape and appearance and is found around the globe. Its appearance can be described as similar to a sea sponge, a brain or a head of cauliflower, hence its popular name." -- Wikipedia

Mushrooms!

 

 

It has not been too long since I last hiked at Greensprings . . .

 

 

so I was quite surprised

 

 

 

to discover such a trove of mushrooms that had popped up since.

 

Trail's End

 

 

Clubmoss above and Golden Trumpet mushrooms below as seen on the Buffam Falls Trail near Pelham, Massachusetts

 

Pine Island Nature Trail