More of our camping trip

[Ray S S]

Here are a few more pics
First is a little bear I made up to welcome visitors. He stands by our door at home and he likes to go camping, too,
so we take him with us and he stands at the front of our site. LOL. Next are some pics of some strange looking
mushrooms that was growing just a few feet away from our site. The last is a statue that stands near the entrance
to the campground. It fits right in as the grounds are in the woods with no lake. Just a swimming pool and hot tub.
It is very quiet and peaceful.

Ray

 

[RGINN]

Nice pics, Ray. Maybe Tuberale will come in and ID those mushrooms for us. (I think they might be classified differently than mushrooms, but I ain't sure.)

 

[Ray S S]

Yup, Mushrooms or toadstools or something like that. I don't know for sure just what they are.
Thanks for your reply.

Ray

 

[fossis]

Looks like a 'nice camping trip', good job on the bear.

Fossis..............

 

[Ray S S]

Thanks Fossis,

Ray

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Great Pictures ray!
That bear has a striking resemblance to the potty bear!

 

[Ray S S]

hello Mike Yup, you are absolutely correct. Variations of the same pattern. I really enjoy making them up and to see how
realistic I can make them. And with this one I drilled a hole in each front paw and inserted the flags to make him show
his patriotic spirit. A couple of the campers walking by stopped at our site just to look at him, and I got a kick out of
their reaction when they saw him for the first time.
Thank you for your reply.
Ray

 

[Tuberale]

I'd guess the mushroom is Phaeolus schweinitzii, also known as Dyer's Polypore. Should be near a conifer (fir, pine, spruce, etc). In Arora's Mushrooms Demystified, p. 571, it states: "Possibly poisonous. It contains a stimulant found in the roots of the kava kava plant, but apparently some toxic substances as well. It is too tough and hairy to be of food value anyway. However, it is prized by dye-makers for the rich and varied hues it imparts to yarn." If I've guessed correctly (no photo shows the underside, where the spores would be forming) it should be a larger fungus, possibly 30cm (=11 inches) or rarely more across.

 

[Ray S S]

Yes, they were under some huge Long Needle Pines in northern Michigan.

I didn't want to disturb them so I don't know what they looked like underneath.

But I thought they looked a little unusual so I took their pictures,

Thank you for the info on them

Ray