For fungi lovers and the mushroom curious, now is the time to visit Blue Sky! Fungi play an important role in Blue Sky’s ecosystem by decomposing dead plant material and thereby returning nutrients to the soil. And the underground filaments of fungi connect to plant roots, helping plants take up more nutrients. In exchange, the fungi get carbohydrates from the plants, which they need as they cannot, like most plants, produce these themselves.
Watch Al Torretto talk about the importance of fungi in the video below.
Please, DO NOT pick or kick Blue Sky’s mushrooms!
Below are some photos of Blue Sky fungi taken by Al Torretto.
From left to right and top to bottom: Bird Nest Fungi, Common Fieldcap, Golden Ear, Golden Milkcap, Hairy Curtain Crust, Jack-O-Lantern, Oak-loving Gymnopus, Oak-loving Bolete, Orange Bonnet, Shaggy Mane, Splitgill Mushroom, Tall Psathyrella