The recent rains and cool weather are putting a damper on my ability to tackle a long list of fall clean-up projects.
But in elating compensation, the soggy weather has provided an excellent excuse for going into the woods to look for fall mushrooms that seem to be sprouting up in every nook and cranny.
On the path, a Netted Stinkhorn (Dictyophora duplicata) has broken out of its egg-like base, unfurled its lacy veil and started producing an slimy, foul-smelling ooze from its cap. The odor and ooze will attract flies that will help disperse the stinkhorn's spores.
In a day, the mushroom will be gone.
Good thing I took the afternoon off...
