I don’t know what came over me but I just needed to find the red n white dotted mushroom know as the Red Fly.
On my 3rd hunt (3/7/25) I managed to find it in Shelby/Ferny Creek. Yes my eyes were delighted and now my mission is accomplished.
Looks like it’s a short lived hobby but I wanted to challenge myself again. Next mission was to spot the blue ones as they look so cute!
I joined a mushroom walk and your group (20/7) and we met up at Mt Worth State Park. There was 10 of us but there were only 2 novices and I was one of them. The others have been hunting for years and it was such a game changer for me joining them.
Not only with more eyes we were able to find more varieties but the knowledge some of them had was mind blowing and they shared with an open heart!
Finding them was the easy part… the hard part is taking a photo of them that brings the fungi alive on screen. The patience and determination to angle the camera n lense to capture the minutest details of that shroom!
My blue mushy… I did not find it but someone found it … so it does not count, hence I will have to persevere to find it again myself next time——-but if I never, I am glad I saw it with my own eyes for time being!
A good camera is also helpful and lighting will help too. I rushed down the mountain and drove straight to the Apple shop. Bought me a new iPhone 16 Pro Max (best on market to date) and let’s see if my future mushies will look sharper!
Am glad I drove to Mount Worth … it was definitely worth it!!!
Some random varieties of mushrooms taken over 8 hunting trips into the woods!
