fungi and a headstone~

I took a little stroll and was surprised by how many mushrooms are in the woods right now. If you take in a deep breath you can smell the earthy scent. I love the fall season in Wisconsin.

Here's a few pics of some of them I saw ~ don't ask me their names and if their edible because I don't know. I know the big white ones the mice and deer are nibbling on them. If I was to eat a wild mushroom I would have someone like Dear Hubby try it today ... and I'll try it tomorrow. That's been my policy on wild mushrooms... and keeping the insurance papers up to date... if you know what I mean.



I know these are some kind of coral mushroom. They look just like they could be from the bottom of the sea.These remind me of little pig ears... or little pink pinched noses. I've never seen them before. I'll have to find my mushroom book and look them up. Speaking of which... did I borrow it you? I can't seem to locate it anywhere.


I know these are a variety of the puffball. They don't get real big; but if you step on them a puff of smoke comes out of them. It's really not smoke; it's the spores of the mushroom. One of the hillsides along a trail in our woods is loaded with them.

Also...
thought I'd show you our resident moose who lives on the edge of our yard~

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Went for a ride this afternoon with the kids to look at a house that they might be interested in and along the way we had to go past the Fifield Cemetary. There was a headstone there that I knew about so I asked them to swing in to take a look.

What really interest me in this stone is that I know one of the woman that he's talking about. She used to be my step mother inlaw. USED TO BE  ... I hope you can read it okay, you might have to enlarge it.

Until next time...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel