Several rainy days, low twenties daily high and mid teens overnight low reflected immediately in the woods.

Finally the Blewits started to show up.

If they are growing in the coniferous woods there is more snail damage and debris on the cap.

Under the spruce there is a big flash of Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) just breaking through the ground.  I am starting to hope that maybe there will be one late showing of King Bolete this year.

The Lactarius group is showing again this year. My main finds, as usual, are Orange Milky (Lactarius deliciousus) and Indigo Milky (Lactarius indigo). Now is a good time to start picking for drying and pickling. The bug infestation reduced considerably, but I expect another flash mid to end of October and that will be the perfect time to pick for long term storage.

In deciduous and mixed woods small puffballs seem to be the most visible find. Several ground and wood growing species seem to be everywhere. Some logs seem to be literally covered with smallish, white balls.  There is also some very impressive terrestrial species showing scattered around. To all of them applies the golden rule: Cut in half and if it is white in the whole cross-section it is good to eat.

Another interesting species is currently quite abundant. For Enteloma abortivum there was a long time confusion of who is parasite on whom. The fact is that Aborted Enteloma shows always when Honey mushroom is present nearby. Naturally it was assumed that Honey Mushroom (known as agressive and destructive parasite)  is attacking Enteloma mushroom and creating aborted form. Recently it was shown that the other way around is the truth. Anyway, this mushroom is fine edible in both aborted and unaborted forms. The white blobs have faint almond smell and taste is vagualy like sea-food (shrimp, scallop).

Mushrooms are not the only thing rain woke. Floor in the woods is alive with many creatures.