Mushroom Maverics! Fungi Fun! 19 Dec 2010 |
Due to the weather, we confined our exploration to adjacent meadows. |
Found lots of Earth Stars, some in the process of releasing their spores. |
Baldy Ryan Creek was impassible, so we found our way around it. |
Some mushrooms were rain-soaked and deteriorating, which made them hard to ID. |
Like icing on a cake, the smooth, mauve color of a Bluitt. |
Found this California Newt foraging for food at the base of a large oak. |
What may be a native forest snail. Note the size/spread of its "foot". |
We found this (squirrel?) hole bubbling from the earth like a fountain. |
The strength of the flow was so strong, so constant, we wondered if it was from a ruptured water pipe. |
Investigating, no pipe could be felt beneath the flow. |
Rain-drenched oak leaf tinged with beautiful colors. |
We thought these might be Destroying Angels, an extremely deadly wild mushroom. |
Another odd phenomena was found near the base of a large oak. I'd cleared dead leaves from a cleft to get a better look at a conk fungus - which released trapped air from - we knew not where. |
Large, spotted banana slug snacking on its favorite food -- wild mushrooms. |
We found expressive mushroom species like this one here and there. |
A pair of mushrooms growing so close together, their umbrella-like caps overlapped. |
Our morning ended with a mystery we were unable to solve. Found this car, parked haphazardly, lights and windshield wipers on, and unattended. |
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