mushrooms...

the long stretch of warm, wet weather has resulted in a surprising bounty of Amanita cokeri, they're all over the front of the property, under the spruce trees and hemlocks.



There were a few monsters...



Here's a good idea of their size, that's a pint glass of Guinness...



Of course, when playing with mushrooms, there must be the obligatory crazy old man with mushrooms shot...



I must admit, my mushroom identifying skills are a bit rusty, I'm pretty sure they're A. cokeri, but if they're not, I'd like to know exactly what they are so I can enter them correctly into my natural plants diary!




sow what you will...