fungus

Yesterday, I was in the forest. I was on a mission to find mushrooms, specifically the two edible varieties: king fungus and chanterelle. The drought of the last three summers was undoubtedly the reason I no longer expected to find mushrooms, let alone a variety of mushrooms. In 2020, I found and photographed 46 different mushrooms on an afternoon walk. Yesterday, I only had my camera with me on one of my four walks. The forest floor was damp for the first time in years, thanks to heavy rainfall over the past few weeks. I no longer assign photography too great a role in my life for several reasons. I only photographed specimens that were easy to photograph, which you can see here. I counted a total of around 70 different mushrooms yesterday, which was a good mushroom year. I also loaded up the car with around 5 kilograms of chanterelles and boletus edulis. I had driven around 400 kilometers to get them.