This was one of the most abundant shelf fungi.

Sulphurous yellow tree fungi, Sam P. Taylor State Park.

A couple of the mushroom treasures spied at Samuel P. Taylor yesterday.

Past the Geysers, near Cloverdale. Thank you, Gaia, and thanks to VVSP for a stunning photo.

Between Alexander Valley and the Geysers, Sonoma County.

Above Alexander Valley.

Haven't identified these shroomies yet.

Detail of huge cliff face. Water seeps down from top and saturates the stone. Supports a huge plant community. Breathtaking.

Shaggy manes! (Above Cazadero, November 2009)

Fw: 2 of 2. Possibly Amanita muscaria-subject to confirmation

Fw: First mycological find of the weekend (1 of 2)

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New life springing from the exposed roots of an uprooted Sequoia.

Hiking off-trail (and very carefully), Humboldt State Park. Colors are really that vivid.

Last half-mile of the trail traces old narrow-gauge train track. Sausalito to Russian River by train-imagine!

Looking up at entrance to Pioneer Tree. It has its own rose window!

Base of the Pioneer Tree, one of the very few old-growth redwoods that was not logged. This is a relatively young one at only a few hundred years old (estimated). It sustained a fire, and has a hollow interior you can crawl into. Several younger trees ha

Such beauty here.

Even in a redwood forest, I found some kink.

Trailhead, Pioneer Trail, Samuel P. Taylor State Park