Many people think fungi are only around during the wet and warm spring months.  How are these for August and September fungi finds?? I took these pictures near the edge of a creek on rotting logs and on a walk in the woods.  They were everywhere!  Finding fungi is one of my new nature study [...]

Here are some more very cool discoveries from a recent nature walk. Can you see inside the hole?  The picture below this one shows the mushrooms that were growing in the hole – and they were huge even if the picture doesn’t show that very well. We wondered who enjoys this cozy little burrow. Ants [...]

Spring is such a fun time for studying mushrooms!  It’s been raining a lot around here and a quick trip around the yard led to six different types of mushrooms found in about five minutes time yesterday. Towards evening, we headed to a spot on the farm where leftover hay has been decomposing.  What treasures [...]