Sunday, May 18, 2008
Mighty Morels!
We packed a picnic lunch on Saturday and headed down to Mingo Creek park to search for morels. Its starting to get late in the season, gotta grab them before they're gone!
Labels: mingo creek, morels, mushrooms, nature
This babbling brook refused to reveal the secret of where the morels were hiding.Labels: mingo creek, morels, mushrooms, nature
This critter was guarding the water fountain. Had to pay a fee of one grasshopper per drink.Labels: mingo creek, nature, spiders
Someone spends too much time around children! Stop goofing around and lets find some mushrooms!Labels: mingo creek, morels, mushrooms, nature
Mary spotted the first morel of the day. She called out, "Hey what's this ugly looking thing?" Exactly what we're looking for. We only found five on our little trek through the woods, but they were all HUGE! We found lots of morel stumps though, looked like someone got to the park a day ahead of us.
Labels: mingo creek, morels, mushrooms, nature
Look at the size of that morel!! That's Mary's foot in the backgroud.Labels: mingo creek, morels, mushrooms, nature
Saturday, April 26, 2008
The first morel of the day! A woman in our group found this alongside the road before we even reached the trail head. Several more were found nearby.Labels: fungi, mingo creek, morels, mushrooms, nature, WPMC
Just a pretty little flower. No bigger than a dime from edge to edge.Labels: flowers, mingo creek, nature
Spotted this little spider on a cobweb between two decaying logs.Labels: arachnids, mingo creek, nature, spiders
I found one!!! My very first morel! I found about a half-dozen more nearby this one. I spotted this right after our group leader found one a few feet away and alerted us that we were in morel country. Altogether, our group found several dozen morels in and around this area within a half hour.
Labels: mingo creek, morels, mushrooms, nature, WPMC
An old wellhead along the trail. Not sure if its for water, gas, or oil.Labels: hiking, mingo creek, trails
We couldn't get close enough to be sure, but it looked like a bunch of inky caps were growing in the hollow of this tree. You need to click on the picture to see the 'shrooms.
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Not a bad haul for our first foray! We found eight morels and a bunch of Dryad's Saddles! Everyone in our group found about a half dozen morels, some folks in other groups found pounds of 'em.UPDATE: OMFG we made morel burgers for dinner, and they were the tastiest damn burgers I've ever had! MORE! MORE!!!!
Labels: mingo creek, mushrooms, nature, WPMC
