Surprise in the elephant enclosure

Lol, I thought it was bad enough having to get my House Sparrow images at the Calgary Zoo. Now it seems I have to go there to get my fungi photos, too! On my way out of the Zoo on my last visit, I stopped to take a quick look at the elephants outside and you can imagine my amazement when I happened to notice these huge fungi! They were growing out of the end of what looked like a wide, wooden telephone pole that was lying flat on the ground in their enclosure. Had also just photographed a mushroom in the ENMAX Conservatory : ) Other than these, we now have to wait till next July/August to see another wild mushroom. However, there ARE other things in life, ha .... such as ice crystals.