The rains did return (in a big way) a couple weeks back and finally... FINALLY... there are some mushrooms popping up. Probably not enough to save the summer but at least a little something to enjoy.
Let's hope that fall brings more rain.
September 1, 2010
What a Lousy Summer...
for mushrooms. Barely any rain, lots of heat. I canceled all the walks I had scheduled over the past few months. There were certainly a few mushrooms to admire here and there, but it's a bit hard to spend 90 minutes gawking over a half-eaten Platterful mushroom. And for those of you reading from afar, I'm referencing the weather in eastern Massachusetts this past summer.
The rains did return (in a big way) a couple weeks back and finally... FINALLY... there are some mushrooms popping up. Probably not enough to save the summer but at least a little something to enjoy.
This Chicken mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus) had come up originally in June, as it has in this same spot for the past few years. When the heat came, it quickly dried, turned crumbly white, and decomposed. I thought that was it for the year. But after this recent pounding of rain, it decided to rear its head again.
Let's hope that fall brings more rain.
The rains did return (in a big way) a couple weeks back and finally... FINALLY... there are some mushrooms popping up. Probably not enough to save the summer but at least a little something to enjoy.
Let's hope that fall brings more rain.
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When I read your post I was surprised how exactly you describe our weather here in Russia - first tremendous heat and no mushrooms for all the summer, now it's cold and rains every day. And we have chicken fungi too among the first growings of this year.
Aluajala - Thanks for posting this. It seems I'm not alone in bemoaning this dry weather. Of course as I type this there is a Hurricane watch in Massachusetts. Good luck with the chicken mushrooms! Hope you visit again.
Hey, that looks like L. cincinnatus to me. They're more salmon-pink, and white underneath, not orange and YELLOW like L. sulphureus.
Also they tend to come up from buried underground roots, rather than poised on trees, so it looks like they're growing from the ground.
Now tell us of eating it!
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