Since my dog Rochelle and I arrived to the southwest in May 2013, we've encountered many wonderful natural phenomena I had no idea we'd see. For one thing, I didn't count on counting mushrooms in the mountains. When I have ever thought of the southwest, I think of cacti, not mushrooms. Here's a page of fun resources about the fungus kingdom that my students I use in my botany class. This summer and early fall, we met the southwest's infamous MONSOON season. AND it was the BEST, or rather the worst monsoon AZ has experienced in years. As Taylor Lockwood, a famous mycologist and photographer, would say, "follow the rain". And what followed the rains in the mountains of Flagstaff, AZ, were MUSHROOMS! Have a look at these beauties! No, I didn't eat any. I only know of one I could have eaten. The Lobster mushroom, but, you have to harvest them when they're not too hard. I came across them when they were farther along maturity and therefore tough as shoe leather. Not very satisfying as a meal, indeed! I'm soon going to be publishing my latest book, "Shroomin with Natureglo: Observations and Appreciations of Northern Arizona Mushrooms." It features some of these same mushrooms below plus a whole lot more! Ought to be a smash hit seller when I can get around to publishing it! It's close to being done after I add a few of my latest shroom photos and figure out how to get the blasted hyperlinks to decide to work again!
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AuthorI'm Natureglo, founder of Natureglo's eScience! I'm an avid nature lover, photographer, hiker, full time camper and an online teacher. Categories
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