Shrooms

The dry season lasts a good part of the year here, so the mycologists get head-over-heels excited when the first rains arrive in Northern California. A few weeks ago James started noticing the proliferation of fungus on his hikes in the parks, so we headed up the road one afternoon to get a closer look.

Mushrooms are easy to find along game paths, anywhere there is a good amount of leaf-litter that insulates the ground. On one game path we came across this cool skull, which we're pretty sure was from a bobcat. The super cool part was that there was an uprooted tree nearby that likely had made a perfect place for the kitty's den. We also had to do some crawling through some thick brush.

I became a fantastic mushroom finder and photographer. I have no idea if any of these are edible, poisonous, or rare, but it was a nice and different way of hiking around.

I really enjoyed it all and we had a nice 4 hour hike and some Yogurtland for a special treat before picking up 88 pounds of litter for our kitties at the Pet Club and heading home for some down-time.