The first days of summer - flowers, mushrooms on the trail along the Davidson River...

There were many flowers and mushrooms on the trail... was it a farewell to spring, or maybe a welcome to summer?

Skullcaps (scutellaria) are members of the Mint family

Tall Anemone

 Carolina horsenettle

 

Great Rhododendron

 

Hydrangea

 Pipsissewa

Indian pipe

 

Hairy Leafcup / yellow flower Leafcup,

 

Clasping Bellflower

 Spiderworts

 

 

Toothed jelly fungi

 

Snow fungus

 

                                         Amanita virosa

 

                                         Amanita gemmata

Amanita

Hydnellum peckii, known as the bleeding Hydnellum and the bleeding tooth fungus,

 

Coral fungi

Around Corn Mill Shoals in DuPont State Forest

 

Hemlock Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae)

Indian Pipe, also known as Ghost Pipe, Corpse Plant, and Fit plant, is a plant devoid of chlorophyll, which is why it has a pale, waxy appearance. It is so fragile that a mere touch can cause the flower to turn black, shrivel and die before it has a chance to pollinate. Its life depends on trees and mushrooms.

Galax

 Amentia Mascarias or Fly Agarics - four days of the mushroom's life (three photos)

Lichens

British Soldier lichen