Here's the last of the mushrooms I collected on my visit to the forest at Royal Road University.

Here are more BIG mushrooms from the forest on the Royal Road University grounds. If you're not a mushroom fancier you will not find muc...

These mushrooms were so big and prominent that I have been attempting to identify them. At first I thought they might be Jack O'Lanterns...

Yesterday I visited the forest out by Royal Roads University again and was pleased to find these unusual mushrooms called Fluted Black Elfin...

The grounds of Royal Roads University are bracketed on the east and west with two strips of old growth forest, trees that are hundreds of ye...

As I was leaving Hatley Park I noticed this strikingly fresh and new totem pole near the entrance to the grounds. Totems are always interest...

Before we take a look at the interior of Hatley Castle here is a look at the exterior as seen from one of the gardens. The castle and groun...

Here, to conclude a mycological week, is another fungi we are all familiar with, the Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum). These are very ...

Usually I avoid attempting to identify mushroms, partly because it is difficult, but also because it often involves taking specimens and I p...

Here's a shot of Hatley Castle from the southern side of Esquimalt Lagoon. The castle now houses part of the administration for Royal Ro...