I went into the woods this evening

to try to locate a lovely bracket fungi that I had photographed previously.

I needed to look up to find it,

but one must always look down while walking in the woods.

This is how I found the path…

of white mushrooms.

Yes, they are poisonous Amanitas.  They are lovely but deadly.

Fear not. I was following their path, not eating them.

A circle of these is called a fairy ring, so I thought of this as a fairy path.

If YOU found a fairy path in the woods wouldn’t YOU follow it?

Every ten feet or so was another cluster of lovely, glowing, white mushrooms.

It went on and on until I had to pause in awe.

There before my very eyes was the Mother of all mushrooms.

It was big enough to wear as a hat.

It was a magical adventure. I am so lucky.

The FLOWER follows a poisonous path through the woods and survives to tell the tale.

When the ground is too soggy to dig in,

I put on my rubber shoes and go mushroom hunting.

I do not eat what I find.

I like my liver too much to risk eating a poisonous fungus.

This snail is enjoying a snack.

I only know common names of some of these.  Please forgive my ignorance.

I have always been fascinated by fungi.

Maybe I should start another blog called fungialley.

I consider fungi both beautiful and beneficial.

I took all these photos this past weekend in my yard and in the woods behind my house.

I did go out in a kayak and found some floating fungi.  That will be another post.

If a reader knows the true identifications of any of these, please send me a message.

FLOWER loves fungi.