I need a mycologist

Aug 18, 2008

anyone know what these strange fungi are?

Bill Wolfe

Just returned from a brief but wonderful camping/hiking jaunt with my son to Allegheny National Forest. We were surprised by how few visitors we came across at this fairly wild but accessible northwestern Pennsylvania National Forest and Recreation Area (located nearby the nation's first oil wells). For information on fishing, hiking, camping, and history, see: http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/allegheny/

Bill Wolfe

The trip really was just an excuse to get my mind off the stress and separation anxiety of leaving my daughter at her freshman orientation week at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Bill Wolfe

Hiking, cooking over campfires, and sleeping in silent forests provides a great escape.

Bill Wolfe

Our campsite seemed to be located in prime wildlife and mushroom habitat.

Now, as I return and slog through emails and try to get re-focused, I'll engage in further diversion from getting back to work by posting a few pictures of some outrageous mushrooms we came across.

I have no problem with pleading total ignorance in mycology - anyone out there know what these beautiful and strange creatures are? (but I at least know little enough to realize the last ones are not mushrooms, but I posted due to beauty):

Bill Wolfe

Wolfenotes

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