Brown-Lowery Provincial Park

This was little more than an orange smear on a branch in the forest at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 14th August. Though it was too late to catch these little guys still upright on their little white stalks, I guess I did catch them "sliming", LOL. A supermacro shot, needless to say, that leaves a bit to be desired as far as clarity : ) Loved the vibrant colours, though. Thanks, as always, Doug, for finding this slime mold (and many other things!). Without your expertise, I would never see things like this.

Puffballs are one of my favourite fungi - love their roundness and the various patterns on them. This cluster was growing on 23rd August last year at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park.

I LOVE it when someone has "picked" a mushroom - then I can photograph it without any guilt : ) Went with a handful of friends to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 14th August and we came across a wonderful display of these gorgeous, vibrant fungi. As the name implies, this fungus is poisonous.

Thanks, Doug, for explaining that this is, in fact, a Lichen (Lichenomphallia ericetorum), not a mushroom. It just looks like a mushroom : ) These are only very small and were growing on a rotting log at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park yesterday. Doug, I do hope you don't mind if I use the information that you included with one of your photo (thanks): "Lichenomphallia is a genus of lichenized Basidomycetes or club fungi which has spores produced on club-shaped basidia. The lichen fungus resembles a mushroom and the algae are concentrated in special tissues or lobes at the base of the fruiting body. This plant is found in both books on Lichens and books on Mushrooms as Omphalina."

You just have to love it when the sun can pierce the canopy of the forest and shine down on a beautiful mushroom : ) Feels like a little parasol, protecting whatever happens to be growing beneath its colourful gills. Found growing at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 25th September.

I absolutely LOVE Puffballs! They come in so many different textures and patterns - to me, this one looks like it should be living at the bottom of the ocean instead of on the forest floor : ) Seen on 17th August at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. Trying to give my very painful arms/shoulders a bit of a rest at the moment, hoping to avoid more serious problems : (

This really was a beautiful mushroom, with the rich colour of its cap and it's sparkling white, upturned gills. I found it growing at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park just over a year ago.

I hadn't seen these before - I thought they might be Devil's Urn, but I got the correct ID from dougwaylett - thanks, Doug! Found growing in Brown-Lowery Provincial Park a few days ago. Nearby, there were three separate ones tucked into the beautiful moss and these ones looked just like black, pitted olives, LOL. For some strange reason, I had so much trouble trying to get a photo of these - my camera viewfinder looked totally blown-out and I could barely get a photo. Managed to get a couple that were OK. I'm going to absolutely collapse in a short while, with a mug of coffee and the sandwich I took with me today but never ate. A handful of us made a return visit today to Rod Handfield's property south west of the city, and we spent the whole day botanizing and mushrooming. Totally exhausted and I need some "lunch" and coffee. I think I am totally "mushroomed out" - it's a wonderful forest to explore and we found all sorts of interesting things. I'm filthy, tired and hungry .... and happy : )

These two little mushrooms were growing in a more open part of the forest at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, maybe three weeks ago, so the ground "litter" was a little different - quite a mix of colours. Explore highest, #112, 13th September 2009