October 2023

Fungi #9
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

Another one that works better in color– a moss face with googly eyes.

Fungi #8
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

This image just shouted “show me in color.” I think the filtered sunlight on the mushrooms had something to do with that.

Fungi #7
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

An elderly couple picked these three mushrooms and just laid them out on a tree stump for some reason. I figured a squirrel would get to them eventually, but the mushroom hunter we talked to added them to his collection. They should make for a good meal as the largest one is maybe 8″ long.

Fungi #6
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

Some cliffhangers above a little stream.

Fungi #5
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

Fungi #4
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

This shot brings to mind a moonrise over an alien world–or something to do with pancakes.

Fungi #3
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

Fungi #2
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

Fungi #1
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

We saw more mushrooms, toadstools, and other fungi over in the Tobacco Root’s than I think I’ve ever seen in Montana before. I guess that’s due to the summer’s weather pattern. We saw a mushroom picker going to town on the available harvest in the area but I don’t know nearly enough about telling the difference between edible mushrooms, non-edible mushrooms and toadstools to pick any to eat myself. Applying that same lack of knowledge to these posts, I’m just calling them fungi.

Bare Tree #113
Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
2023

Just another face in the woods. In this case I see a rather distressed monkey of some sort.