Photos: Mushrooms

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

You know it's fall when the mushrooms start appearing. I'm fascinated by the number and variety of mushrooms that appear in my yard. Not fascinated enough to research them, but I like finding them.

Over the years I must have had at least six different kinds, but never more than one or two at a time. They appear in different parts of the yard - and sometimes they look like something else, like the coy mushrooms in Lee's photo pretending to be leaves.

One time I tried to rake up a pile of leaves, only to discover it was a large bed of mushrooms. I've seen them appear in the morning and change appearance throughout the day, going to seed by evening.

Maybe I will research them.

DKH