Mount Tam Again – Spring Weather

[Comments by Andy]

Behind Mt Tam actually (in Marin county, north across the Golden Gate bridge), in the Marin watershed district where mushroom picking is allowed. We found some boletes here last time, but there were not too many mushrooms anymore. I think that other mushroom hunters must’ve picked the area clean.

We did find lots of inedible mushrooms that make nice photos and a few edible black trumpets, enough for one nice dinner (supplemented with the button mushrooms from Leilani’s box…).

Look at the big wood-ears on the tree next to Leilani’s hand:

Here’s a closeup:

Some sort of cup fungus:

With all the winter rain and a week of sunshine, everything is green again:

A type of elfin saddle:

Sonja doesn’t know how this mushroom got so red in photoshop:

The first spring flowers, here an Indian Warrior:

A Shooting Star:

And an Iris:

Lots of cool lichen in these damp woods:

And more funky fungi:

Author: Sonja

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