After some torrential rain yesterday, today dawned sunny and breezy—a perfect day to explore some of the many hiking/horseback riding/mountain biking trails in the park. Moe and I set out after a leisurely breakfast.

You can tell this area has hefty deer populations: there is very little undergrowth, except on extremely steep hillsides:

With all the recent rain, I wasn’t surprised to see several varieties of fungi:

These gelatinous little darlings are Exidia alba, the White Jelly Fungus. Pretty easy to spot on decaying logs, where they can form large, bright white clusters.

And here we have a type of Coral Mushroom (my best guess is Tremella reticulata, the White Coral Jelly Fungus).

Last but not least, these tiny, delicate parasols, only 1/2” across:

We returned in time for a little afternoon nap.