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.

There are 49 species of known mushrooms in New York state. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of certain fungi. Fungi, including those which produce mushrooms, are not plants; they are related to molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, and yeasts, and are classified in the Fungi Kingdom. Most mushrooms grow and decay rather quickly, but the organism remains and often will continue to produce more mushrooms for years, decades, or even centuries.