There’s a Fungus Among Us

Last weekend, before Florence graced us with a rainy visit, we went shroom-hunting with the camera, primarily because while we are aware of a plethora of fungi in the yard, we are equally aware that most of them are most certainly inedible, if not downright poisonous.  But they surely make for pretty pictures.

Now, I would love to offer an identification with every picture, but alas!, I do not know my mushrooms as well as I probably should, and our printed guides to flora and fauna are not detailed enough to say much with confidence.  Any input on your part would be appreciated, esteemed visitor to this humble blog.

But now, enough talk!  Let’s get on with more pictures already!  This one has been chewed upon in a curious fashion:

The following is being chewed upon by various critters at the same time:

Here we have the same kind of ‘shroom in two stages of maturity:

From above, the open one looks like this:

Or how about this character of a tree fungus that could double as a cartoon character:

Here is one with a lopsided smile chewed into its bright yellow hat:

One last, probably a two-colored boletus, covered with more fungus:

So much for today.  Maybe on our next stroll, we find something edible for a change.