Fungi, Lichen & Slime Molds 1

I always love seeing a display of these mushrooms around the base of a tree in the forest. These ones were seen on 17th August at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. I was there again this afternoon for a couple of hours, but everything was dry and there were far fewer fungi to be seen. I saw a dead young Coyote at the side of the road on my way to B L and pulled over just to make sure the animal was dead. Had obviously been hit by a vehicle, judging by its broken leg. I felt very sad driving the rest of the way to my destination.

We found this little cluster of mushrooms huddled against a large rotting log, on 3rd August, on a hike at Marston Creek, Kananaskis. I suspect our fungi are more or less over for this year - oh, NOOOOO!!! I'm still hoping that if/when we eventually get some rain, that maybe a few mushrooms will spring up in places. However, I do have a huge number of fungi photos that I haven't sorted through and uploaded yet : )

We found this cluster of four mushrooms towards the end of a nature walk on private property (Dave and Bernie's near Water Valley). After noticing the stalk of the top left mushroom when I got my photos downloaded to my computer, I felt I should have had a closer look at them in the field. Taken 15th August, when there were STILL fungi to be found, LOL.