{"id":10853,"date":"2016-10-03T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=10853"},"modified":"2016-10-03T11:34:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T15:34:02","slug":"a-walk-through-mushroom-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=10853","title":{"rendered":"A Walk Through Mushroom Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, I went on a retreat with some writer friends to a campground in Grand Haven, Michigan. While looking for a place to smoke a joint in some peace and god damn quiet (because it was a campground and they were having some sort of Halloween family weekend or something and there were kids just everywhere), I wandered off into the woods. It was just regular old woods, just like around any camp ground, meaning it was full of trash and junk that people had rudely disposed of out there (including a rubber glove, which I don&#8217;t even want to think about). But there did seem to be a trail, and as I ventured down it, I saw something that wasn&#8217;t trash:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171916.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10854 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171916-e1475506252460-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The forest floor, with vibrant green moss, brown dead leaves, and bright orange mushrooms.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171916-e1475506252460-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171916-e1475506252460-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171916-e1475506252460.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mushrooms! Bright orange mushrooms, like I&#8217;d never seen before. Obviously, more investigation was needed.<\/p>\n<p>(The rest of this post is image heavy, so I&#8217;m putting it behind a cut)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I found all kinds of mushrooms, like this one, which is incredibly toxic, so never eat it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171613.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10855 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171613-e1475506515255-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A tall white mushroom against a field of brown forest debris, like sticks and leaves.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171613-e1475506515255-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171613-e1475506515255-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171613-e1475506515255.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fact, never eat any random mushroom you just happen to find in the woods. Even if it looks like fruit snacks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171558.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10856 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171558-e1475506720647-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"These are mushrooms that, hand to god, look just like fruit snacks or wine gums or what have you.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171558-e1475506720647-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171558-e1475506720647-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171558-e1475506720647.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t eat mushrooms that look like something else has been eating it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171943.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10857 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171943-e1475506851224-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A pink and white mushroom that has clearly been nibbled by some kind of fauna.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171943-e1475506851224-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171943-e1475506851224-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171943-e1475506851224.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily because it might be poisonous (though it might), but because it&#8217;s rude to eat someone else&#8217;s dinner.<\/p>\n<p>I found a slug:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171424.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10858 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171424-e1475507071712-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"My hand, holding a dead leaf upon which a little slug is perched.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171424-e1475507071712-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171424-e1475507071712-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171424-e1475507071712.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure he wasn&#8217;t dead.<\/p>\n<p>I also found a chair that is definitely for some kind of elven king:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172407.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10859 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172407-e1475507199450-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A tree stump with flat, orange mushrooms growing on it, around the sides and the rim of the top.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172407-e1475507199450-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172407-e1475507199450-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172407-e1475507199450.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And what is almost certainly a meeting place for fairies:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171718.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10861 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171718-e1475507413235-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Another stump, this one covered in bright green lichen and little tiny red mushrooms like berries.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171718-e1475507413235-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171718-e1475507413235-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171718-e1475507413235.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have never seen so many different mushrooms in my life. For example, purple ones:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172210.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10862 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172210-e1475507550868-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A little purple mushroom peeking out from under some dead leaves.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172210-e1475507550868-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172210-e1475507550868-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172210-e1475507550868.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let alone purple mushrooms that look like a little penis head.<\/p>\n<p>Mushrooms were everywhere!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171634.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10863 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171634-e1475507701114-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A living tree, covered in scaly brown mushrooms.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171634-e1475507701114-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171634-e1475507701114-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171634-e1475507701114.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171815.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10864 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171815-e1475507787259-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A flat-topped brown mushroom\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171815-e1475507787259-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171815-e1475507787259-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_171815-e1475507787259.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172438.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10865 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172438-e1475507908598-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bright green ferns with the teensiest little round-capped brown mushrooms poking out.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172438-e1475507908598-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172438-e1475507908598-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172438-e1475507908598.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172451.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10866 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172451-e1475508069432-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A little clump of green fern stuff with a single tan mushroom beside it. It's like a little island in the middle of some dead leaves.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172451-e1475508069432-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172451-e1475508069432-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20161001_172451-e1475508069432.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And as I walked around taking these pictures, I remembered that where you see mushrooms, there&#8217;s stuff going on under the ground. I got the weirdest feeling that I was walking around on top of a giant mushroom. That, coupled with my desire to venture ever deeper into the forest, following the trail of mushrooms, pretty much convinced me that I was going to be devoured at some point. So I fled.<\/p>\n<p>That was my visit to the mushroom forest. If you enjoy seeing random pictures from my pointless adventures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jenny_trout\/\">might I suggest visiting my Instagram<\/a>? If you go there right now, you can see a picture of a toad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, I went on a retreat with some writer friends to a campground in Grand Haven, Michigan. 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