Fungi Fields!

  As I am writing this, we are in the midst of yet another thunderstorm that is dumping a torrential amount of rain down upon us.  The roar of the water hitting the rooftop is almost deafening.  This type weather has ruled the summer making things seem a bit soggy around here.  Over the past four months, we may have had ten days without rain.  Today appeared to be one of those days but as night fell, so did the rains.  For nigh on the past hour, It has been pouring nonstop and there seems to be no let-up in sight.  We are in for another long night of high winds, lightning and inches of rain.  Thankfully, we live on a high hill overlooking the Bayou.

  Just this afternoon, Mark and I noticed that the hillside was quickly turning into a mushroom farm.  As far as you could see, thousands of the fungi were dotting the ground.  In just a small area, I found about thirty different types.  Big ones, tiny ones and every size in between...red ones, white ones, tan ones, brown ones, spotted ones...you name it, we have it.  In fact, some of the mushrooms even have mold on them so it is almost like two for the price of one!   Yep, that is a lot of rain!

So, while we are being inundated with rain, I decided to take advantage of the mushroom fields and get a few photos.  All of the above photos were taken in a small area of the yard in less than five minutes.  There were tons more but the old dog decided that he did not want to be a fungus photographer so we headed back inside.   I am not sure of any of their identifications but they are interesting!