Mushrooms Across the World

OK these are in my backyard. I know nothing about mushrooms, but I found this post by my friend Susan very intriguing. The "Super Mushroom Patrol" sound very cool and I would love to have them over for a hunt around here. Susan has a great way of bringing you with her on their family's adventures and I would highly recommend reading her blog. It will either satisfy your wanderlust or increase it more. She is a great travel writer and her family is beautiful with lots of character. Enjoy. Oh and enjoy some mushrooms too, ones you know are safe to eat...(I'll buy mine at the market/store for now).

In honour of mushroom season, I'll share a favourite mushroom/toadstool poem which is particularly apropos after a weekend of rain...

The Elf and the Dormouse by Oliver Herford UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf,
Out of the rain to shelter himself.
Under the toadstool, sound asleep,
Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap.
Trembled the wee Elf, frightened and yet
Fearing to fly away lest he get wet.
To the next shelter—maybe a mile!
Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile.
Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two.
Holding it over him, gaily he flew.
Soon he was safe home, dry as could be.
Soon woke the Dormouse—"Good gracious me!
"Where is my toadstool?" loud he lamented.
—And that's how umbrellas first were invented.