I have no idea what kind of mushrooms these are, but they are really big!
Okay, after I wrote that, I googled giant white mushroom maryland and came up with a couple of possibilities: Clitocybe gibba or Clitocybe maxima. The first one seems correct but not big enough; the big one isn’t supposed to be found this far east. But this is my best guess.
My husband took the first photo. All photos were taken with his brand-new Nikon Coolpix S3500, which we got for him to take to Greece next week.
This beautiful mushroom, maybe 10 inches in diameter, was drenched in sunlight this morning as we walked on the Lake Shore Trail.
I love chipmunks, but they are usually too shy and too nimble for me to catch them on camera. This little one obliged me by freezing in position for quite a long time as I snapped his picture. I think he was too young and inexperienced to realize he should flee! Unfortunately, I was still too far to get a really clear photo.
Raindrops on a leaf
These mushrooms look like ghostly flowers rising out of the leaf litter. I don’t know what they are called. Update JULY 2016: They are not mushrooms at all, but a herbaceous perennial called Monotropa Uniflora, aka Indian pipe, ghost plant, or corpse plant.
On an early morning walk in the park today, we saw some beautiful and interesting mushrooms. Unfortunately I have no idea of their names.
This flowery mushroom was about 8-10 inches across!
This toadstool was broken and damaged, but still lovely.
Although small, this one is still pretty.
Nina's Nature Diary 