Flora

Lots of mushrooms seem to be springing up - every time I walk around (picking up the debris from Irene) seems like there's a new one. I'm looking forward to learning about how the land changes over the seasons, and I think this may be a whole new category.

Here are some Indian Pipes (I believe).



They have been well sheltered by one of the boats. 
Here is a particularly massive one, growing right in the right of way - you'd think it would have been crushed before it even surfaced above the leaves.

Others remind me of the Morels and other tasty mushrooms that they sold in the markets when I was in Spain.  Pretty sure if it's growing here, they're not selling it in Spain though. 






































I'm also reminded of a mechanical engineer that we knew in Albuquerque, who would pick pounds and pounds of some sort of mushroom and send them off to family in Poland.  As far as I knew, everyone survived.

The variety of shapes and sizes is amazing.  Also makes me think we need to clear out some of the smaller trees and get more sun on the ground!

Red - I know brightly colored frogs are toxic (thank you Museum of Science) - wonder if that holds for mushrooms as well.