By the end of summer we start anticipating fall rain which adds freshness, the plumping of moss, and the emergence of a lot of mushrooms. The Douglas fir forest of the Northwest has the most biomass per area of anywhere in the world, including the Amazonian rainforest. To break down all this biomass is a vast number of fungal species. What we see above ground is just the tip of the iceberg. From an aesthetic point, I really enjoy the beauty and variety of mushrooms. Below is a sample of snapshots I took this fall.
Gail has been experimenting with mushroom spore prints. She takes mushroom caps from gilled mushrooms, places them on paper, covers them with a bowl, lets them stay overnight, and if she's lucky the spores will have fallen to the paper leaving a nice pattern.
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