You say you want mushrooms with that???

Over the last two weeks, our front yard has sprouted amazing mushrooms. According to our neighbor, some have been called Shaggy Manes. Since we do not know the names of any of the kinds of mushrooms we have, we do not eat any of them.

One group in particular are pretty striking in that they are black and white and very textured. They look like they have a lace overlay on them.

So, I decided to dedicate a blogpost to some photos I took of them. Enjoy!:

Two varieties...the "pancake" shaped one and the capped one:

They come up so fast, they still have the dirt from where they sprouted within their caps:

A grouping of them:

A fly is interested in the inside on one of the caps:

I really liked the white and the black patterns and textures of them:

These are a different variety. A long, bell shaped, capped one:

Experimenting with black and white:

They really show up against our yard of entirely weeds green lawn:
One neighbor, who said he knew what he was doing, picked the edible ones from our lawn, after asking.

I was fine with that.

I sure as heck don't want to try eating any.

Dang, come to think of it, I should have had him sign a disclaimer or waiver or something.

Never mind. Forget what I said above. What I MEANT to say is that I ALLEGEDLY told him he could possibly pick them........

Wait. What is that siren noise?

Is that an ambulance I am hearing?