Take The Kids Out On A Mushroom Hunt!
I just took my nephews out on a fungal foray in the local woods!
What a great idea for a day trip with the family that is only a short walk from home! And, as mushrooms only really come out for a few weeks of the year – chances are your kids will see something different every year.
And, mushrooms are so bright – particularly the wax caps – that they are great to photograph too!
Bright Yellow Mushrooms
Where To Look:
Well, you don’t always need to head out to the woods – as many mushrooms prefer old lawns, particularly lawns that haven’t been treated with chemicals or have been dug up a lot. So maybe you know someone with a large ornamental organic garden you can trawl for fungus!
They are not a easy to see as you might expect from afar – so don’t just look across a lawn of woodland and expect to see them sticking out – you have to walk the land and look at the ground.
You can come across all sorts of delights, including bright pink, red, orange, green and even blue ones – and there was more than one occasion where I thought a lawn was clear until I quite literally stepped on them!
There are also ‘mushrooms’ that look like little yellow, white or pink worms coming out of the lawn which you definitely can’t see from afar. And of course there are plenty of mushrooms that only grow on trees and old logs – great for the kids to find!
Yellow Finger Mushrooms
And, the fun thing is you don’t even need to know exactly what type they are – you can just enjoy them as they are – and take only pictures home with you.
So, get yourself a camera, a basic guide book, a warm thermos of coffee and go get wet knees taking some great pictures!
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