Abundant within the forest beneath Pinus sylvestris and Pinus resinosa.

Beautiful, water was very high still, but such a calm feeling on the way. Quite, and if you look closely at the first picture, that is a picture of a "red" mushroom. I have only see that before in this trail. No were else. Didn't have a very good camera so it's kind of blurry.

Saw it last year, but they were bigger, they were pretty tiny yet. Perhaps later this year we can go back and get a picture that will be better.

This photo was taken during our Stone Valley Lab in Colton, NY on February 12th. I like this close-up alont because I think it looks cool how I took the photo from beneath the mushroom, looking up. These mushrooms were growing on a fallen tree that was on the riverbank.

This giant pale orange Sulphur Shelf mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus, also known as Chicken of the Woods) really stood out amongst the lush summer vegetation. The entire fruiting body was at least three feet wide. These are edible, but as I'm not a mushroom expert and this one looked past its prime, I did not sample it.

I came across this interesting specimen while on a hike with my class in Colton NY at the Stone Valley Trail. This appears to be a Ganoderma Tsugae that I found growing at the base of an Oak tree. Considered a Shelf fungi, and known by some as the "Atrist's Conch," due to its soft underside used by some artists to draw on, this species is commonly found on deciduous trees in the Northeastern US. It caught my eye due to its bright orange/red rim which stood out against the white backdrop of mid February in Upstate NY.

Walking by a small stream on a gray, April afternoon, I finally noticed some color that wasn't bland and dark. These bright orange mushrooms stuck out on the end of a dead log protruding over the stream. Mushrooms are a fungus, and like moss, they use spores for reproduction. Mushrooms tend to grow right out of their food source, which is why these guys are feeding off the nutrients from the dead log.