outstretch

All photos Assiniboine Forest, Winnipeg, MB. July 29, 2010.

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A cloudy cool day after several scorchers seemed eminently suited for a walk in the forest.

I was hoping for plentiful mushrooming but most everything from the wet week or two last month has long since shriveled. Luckily, shrivel is visually interesting.

This is another of those toothy mushrooms. They're an old standby in that they're interesting to photograph throughout their life-cycle...

...which I can't say for the only other mu...