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This “chicken of the woods” (Laetiporus sulphureus) (I think!) has appeared every year for as long as I have been rambling in the Hollow. I have been watching for it for over a month this year and hoping it would emerge. And then it did! You can see how much it grew in less than a week—even in the one day I missed.
It is stunningly beautiful, and I was delighted to spot another one in the Hollow today.
I’ve seen plenty of mushrooms and other fungi this year, including what I think was an Indigo milky mushroom (Lactarius indigo). I’m glad I noticed it; it was gone the next day! I welcome any help in identifying any of these (but I don’t plan to eat any of them!).
The deer, turkeys, and butterflies continue to visit. Sometimes the butterflies seem to swarm the coneflowers. Here’s a video.
The turkeys are walking up the path from the meadow now, and the deer are waiting in the woods. I’ll post again another day.
French Broad Hollow Ramble 
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