Fungi spends most of its life beneath the surface. In late summer through autumn it emerges as a mushroom bearing a cap and spore-bearing body. I took these photos near the Smithville Reservoir in New Ipswich, NH.
In 2009 I attended a talk by Dr. Rick Van de Poll called “More Mushroom Merriment”. He spent some of talk telling stories of merry stories about accidental poisonings, including some by experts who made bad choices.
Photo below shows Rick holding a jack-o’-lantern mushroom (Omphalotus olearius) , a bioluminescent and poisonous specimen.
The photos below were taken on August 9, 2018 on my daily walk in New Ipswich.
I won’t even attempt to guess the species of these mushroom. As far as I’m concerned they are subjects for photographs, not the dinner plate.
