Before the Forks students, teachers, and community members set off on our annual mushroom field trip, we were treated to a mushroom identification slide show by a local expert.  We saw pictures of many different wild and colorful mushrooms.  We did a mushroom anatomy review, to make sure everyone knows gills from veil and cap from stalk.  Once we had that all straight we headed outside to scour the land for mushrooms!

A local expert helps students key out a wild mushroom.

This year on the Forks School Mushroom Field Trip, we found alot of itty-bitty mushrooms otherwise known as "Little Brown Jobs" or LBJ's.  Two local mycologists accompanied students and teachers into the field.  The students learned that mushrooms need summer and fall rain to flourish.  Because it was a dry year, we did not find many different kinds of mushrooms.