Mushroom spotting in the woods..

Hubby and I went mushroom spotting today, in the woods.

While there were a few people mushroom hunting with baskets, we were content at just looking, admiring and taking a few pictures.

If you do not know your mushrooms well and end up picking the wrong ones, it can be dangerous!!

Sharing the pics I took on my phone.

Mushrooms of various sizes, colours, textures are all over the place. Some are extraordinary to look at and some plain ugly. If you are anywhere near the Spessart region(the forests surrounding Lohr) I highly recommend a walk in the woods. Watch out for these fungi wonders, you won't be disappointed.

Fairytale Mushrooms.

Today, I am at peace..:-)

We finally spotted the fairytale mushrooms during our walk in the woods.

With the end of summer and the string of festivals attached to the season, we now begin our walks in the forests. Something that we do more during spring and autumn. 

I would always be filled with awe whenever my bloggy pal Sonya put up pictures of these bright red mushrooms on her blog. Looking back on her posts I now see that I even commented about not having spotted them at all and here's her reply..

"Oh wow May, I would think for sure that you guys would have them! I usually find them hiding along the sides of the road,under trees..any forest type are. I bet you have them but haven't been lucky enough to spot them just yet!"

And lucky is what we have been today!! While most of them were eaten up maybe by birds or wild animals(as the last pic shows), there were two perfect ones, just for US!!