11
Aug
Mushroom Hike
Summer is the typical growing season for mushrooms, so they became the focus of the August hike under the tutelage of a Maryland Master Naturalist and the President of the Mycological Association of Washington, William Needham.
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Every find was a good pretext for an quick minilecture.
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You can see the remains of a torn down bridge in upper left corner.
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In summer – especially after a rainy spell – the park features many mushrooms of all kinds of shapes. Some usual, some unusual.
Here are the TOP 10:
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And here is the rest.
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–honza–