We're going on a mushroom hunt . . .

Since leaving law school I have found that the only real way to escape the office for a weekend is to go where your email cannot reach you.  To that end last weekend we went mushroom hunting in the beautiful Uintas.  Hiking up here in the clear air is wonderful and relaxing!

 Because Utah is a desert there are limited mushroom hunting opportunities.  You must find damp ground where there is not too much sun.  To be honest I didn't expect to find much of anything.  I was quite wrong, while we didn't find much that was edible (and NEVER EVER EAT WILD MUSHROOMS YOU HAVE NOT PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, ALSO ALWAYS COOK THEM) we did find a large variety. 

We did find a few of the below:

This is a snow bank false morel.  When hunting mushrooms be sure to use a good identifier and confirm with an expert.  While this was not hugely productive it was fun.