Lichens can actually break down rock. These crustose lichens are part of a community of organisms that colonize surface like this (you...

I love the many innovative ways living things have evolved on our planet, and one of my favorite innovators are the lichens. These...

....But like hope, new fruiting bodies spring eternal. Surrounding the dying mushrooms are about 50 more small caps beginning to peak...

A couple weeks later and the fungal fruiting body is done its job and dying. Hard to believe this is the same mushroom. (October 2022)

A close up of the mysterious mycelium...displaying perfect colors for the Halloween season! (October 2022)

This curious fungi caught my eye this week, spring out of a moss-covered dead log. It may be a Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) but...