Black Elfin Saddle Mushroom, Helvella vespertina

Found this specimen today growing in some wood chips next to the house.  To me it has to be the ugliest mushroom I have ever seen! But I suppose it has its niche in the local ecology.......

 

Puffball Mushroom, Lycoperdon pyriforme

These mushrooms are growing up through a gravel logging road near the summit of Bells Mtn in SW Washington.  I'm not sure of the species identification.

Here is a video of the same mushrooms that was made several weeks after the above picture was taken:

Shaggy Mane Mushroom, Coprinus comatus

I found these edible Mushrooms at Battle Ground State Park in SW Washington.

Hare's Foot Inkcap mushroom coprinopsis Lagopus

I found this mushroom in our front yard in SW Washington; it is about 1.5" across and semi-translucent.  ID credit goes to Jinx on the Houzz "Name that plant" discussion group.

Top view:

Bottom view:

Running Clubmoss, Lycopodium clavatum

I found this bright green, low growing plant along the trail between Grouse Vista and Silver Star Mountain in SW Washington.

East Fork Lewis River, SW Washington

Not really focused on NW Flora, but I wanted to share this picture taken on an overcast day last Fall just downstream of Lucia Falls.  A 2-second exposure makes for an interesting contrast in the flowing river water and the still pool in the foreground.  In Summer the water level is much lower and it is an easy walk over to the rock 'island' in the background.

Common Horsetail, Equisetum arvense

Early Spring view of a shoot emerging from a swampy area on Bells Mountain in SW Washington.