first mushroom of the season!

Woohoo! They're Back!!! Mushrooms! After several months of scouring the Preserve only to find papery remains of last fall's turkey tails, its good to sink my camera into some real, meaty fungi again. No more pretending that I like to photograph the lovely spring foilage and flora. Its back to chronicling nature's decomposition.

Not the best photo, but I had to share my first mushroom of the year. This is Mycena - possibly galericulata or maculata. I see these all through the summer and fall too, so I guess I'd better figure out what they are for certain.