A Fungus Amoung Us

I don't have to go on a nature walk to find mushroom, Grandpa. They were all in my yard a few weeks back. You would have thought we were running a mushroom garden! Here is one of the unusual ones we photographed.

Here is one we saw a few weeks ago and that my daughter had sent to me from the library computer..This was taken a couple weeks after we got hit with the bad storm from Hurricane Ike. I can't see your until I post this response, but I am sure yours looks pretty awesome too..:)

I don't really get to see many "toad stools" around here. That is what we call the mushrooms around here that grow wild. Last time I saw a bunch of wild ones was last year when my son, grandson and I went to the park and across the road there is a golf course and there were many of them around. My grandson went through the fence and kicked a few around.

Very cool! I always love to photograph mushrooms! Every so often I'll see bright yellow ones! Those are my favorites! They're pretty rare. But they're so vibrant!

Hi GRANDPA BOB, This looks as though you can eat it but wouldn't take a chance, good photography, keep it up, you got a good eye for it. Tamara

we have tremendously large brown mushrooms that grow around here. they just grown wild under some trees. I am always afraid that that they are poisonous. So I steer clear fo them all the time. I have seen other types around here also. But I have no idea which ones will not kill me or make me sick!

You are too funny! I don't care for fungus myself. Occasionally I take a walk, but I usually do it at night and stay near my home, so I don't get to see too much good nature.

My dad likes "puffballs" which I guess are huge round mushrooms. I've never seen one but I keep looking because he wants one so badly, says they're absolutely wonderfully delicious. Thanks for sharing your walk!