Mushrooms in the woods (Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, SC)

In November we went on a long weekend trip to Charleston, South Carolina. On our visit to Magnolia Plantation, we took the swamp tour and decided to take a path through the woods back to the parking area. 

Along the path was a trove of different kinds of mushrooms! We spent a few minutes hunting down to see how many kinds we could find. Unfortunately, I do not know the names of my mushrooms! But here are some of what we found:

Spotting mushrooms in Northern Virginia

In the past year I've become more fascinated with mushrooms ahd have been taking a lot of photos in the yard, in the woods, while out visiting historic properties and anywhere else they might crop up. 

Today's post shares some photos I've taken in the last few months.
The first two were taken in my yard. The second two were taken at Gunston Hall during the first week in December.

I don't know what kind of mushroom this is, but liked the shape of it.

There is an area of my yard that seems to be a good environment for different types of mushrooms to crop up. Looks like a critter had gotten into these

 

This one I was testing out my new camera...seems I got better focus on the leaves rather than the mushroom. I spotted several of these mushrooms while walking up from the riverfront area

Fungi spotted while walking around the property on Gunston Hall

In photos: Mushroom villages found in my yard

It's been a while since I've posted, but I'm still steadily snapping away. Today's post is about mushrooms - I've gotten some interesting looking mushroom communities pop up in my neighborhood over the past couple of months.

These were all taken in my yard - with the exception of the one that looks like a golf ball on a tee.