~ Fungi Friday Mushroom Hunt ~

So the sun did finally come out today! So what did I do with my sunshine? I went Mushroom hunting! It was above freezing today here in this part of Sweden and the snow was melting away, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to see if any Mycological life was springing up from under that freshly melted blanket of snow.

When we go for our walks... it's common to bring Betty, our dog. If anything Betty usually slows me down from getting the perfect shots every time!

Rachel, on the other hand, is the most helpful cat I have met so far. She loves to hunt for Mushrooms with me on our walks. Most of the time she just stalks me as I do most of the hunting!

I have to say though, there is something about taking your Cat for a walk that is very amusing! The image below is her leading the way into the forest!

Say hello to my little friend!

~ Spring Green & New Life ~

I left out about as many shots as I have in this post, which is a bunch! I really like the next three images. These were the first three shots I took in the forest. I love this hatching acorn in this first image below!

Don't be fooled by those decomposing leaves on the top of the stumps and moss. Not all is what it appears to be!

There is #FungusAmongUs!

~ Fungi Finder ~

Rachel diligently searches for more Fungi Fun as she leads the way deeper into the forest. Don't be fooled... she LOOKS TO BE much busier and more helpful than reality could dictate. I couldn't help to add her into this contribution for the sake of her's this #FungiFriday!

I think she has spotted a target!

~ Fungi Finding Stumped ~

Clearly, this isn't the best time to find any Fungus Among Us. Of course, it can be found all around... but you really have to look hard to see what there is to see! I will show you what I mean.

Nothing to see here folks.

Upon further inspection... Wait, what's that hiding in the corner!?

BINGO Fungi Found!

Let's take a closer look!

~ Fungal Bumps on Stumps ~

Here, is mostly a series of shots that had these two Bracket fungi growing on the top of an old dead tree. The cool part was how the moss had overgrown the little polypores! Check out how the moss has also pulled away some of the old dead bark as well.

I really like how this moss has overgrown the stump and the little brackets! It kind of reminds me of the Stephen King farmer character on Creepshow 1.

These next two images are of some Fungi which are dying or dead and withered. I thought they looked pretty cool. That snow and ice did a number on these two!

~ HardCore Polypores ~
Good News/Bad News!

~ Good News ~

Rachel hasn't given up the hunt yet and some of the Polypores are looking marvelous! Oh, and the sun was shining. That's some pretty good news!

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~ Bad News ~

Not all of our HardCore Polypores made it through the Winter alive! Looks like that snow and ice was just more than these Fungi could bear! Here is for our fallen fungal commrades!

_{I took all of these photos with a Nikon CoolPix S4300}

Well, Rachel was pretty devastated about our fallen friend, so we decided to call it a day! At least the fungal fellow hasn't hit Rock Bottom yet! He is hanging on by a few threads at least. I will keep y'all posted on his condition... should it worsen!

Rachel and I hope you enjoyed your #FungiFriday as much as we did. Thanks to Hive account@ewkaw for intiatiing this most excellent of tags! You can check out more on their Fungi Friday Post HERE!