**Shantell Powell** @Shanmonster@c.im · May 18, 2024, 19:21

**Shantell Powell** @Shanmonster@c.im · May 18, 2024, 19:21

I bought lots of baby plants with @Knightky and then went hiking at Balls Falls. Worst/best name ever? I also saw a cutie little black toad. #hiking #BallsFalls #waterfall #gardening #fungus #toad

**Jennifer** @Jennifer@bookstodon.com · May 18, 2024, 19:24

**Jennifer** @Jennifer@bookstodon.com · May 18, 2024, 19:24

Jennifer @Jennifer@bookstodon.com

@Shanmonster @Knightky nice photos! That shelf fungus is spectacular!

**Shantell Powell** @Shanmonster@c.im · May 18, 2024, 19:37

**Shantell Powell** @Shanmonster@c.im · May 18, 2024, 19:37

Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

@Jennifer @Knightky yes! The tree was covered with them. The biggest are over a foot wide. Here’s another view.

**A Concerned Scientist** @BE@qoto.org · 2024-05-18T19:46:43Z

A Concerned Scientist @BE@qoto.org

Looks like chicken of the woods, and it's the right time of year.

**Shantell Powell** @Shanmonster@c.im · May 18, 2024, 19:57

**Shantell Powell** @Shanmonster@c.im · May 18, 2024, 19:57

Shantell Powell @Shanmonster@c.im

@BE @Jennifer @Knightky I wish I was better at identifying mushrooms. The only one I feel 100% confident at identifying is the puffball.

**A Concerned Scientist** @BE@qoto.org · May 18, 2024, 19:58

**A Concerned Scientist** @BE@qoto.org · May 18, 2024, 19:58

A Concerned Scientist @BE@qoto.org

I absolutely hear you. I'm trying to get better at it!

**Residual Entropy (I'VE MOVED!)** @residualentropy@c.im · May 18, 2024, 22:43

**Residual Entropy (I'VE MOVED!)** @residualentropy@c.im · May 18, 2024, 22:43

@BE @Shanmonster @Jennifer @Knightky I remember discovering a chicken of the woods with a friend way back in middle school, nice find! :)