Invasion of the Mushrooms

It’s been a historic year for catastrophic weather events in many regions of the U.S., several of which are still unfolding. Here in Washington D.C., we’ve been lucky enough to avoid anything like those cataclysmic events, but we do have one odd bit of weather news to report: a really rainy, mushroomy summer and early fall.

The Capital Weather Gang of the Washington Post recently posted this NOAA tweet showing that we’re only just above normal rainfall for the year, but we’re well above normal rainfall for the season:

As far as I can tell, the main effect of this is that there are mushrooms everywhere: mushrooms in the cracks of the sidewalk. Mushrooms growing in the street dividers. Mushrooms like dinner plates in the city parks, and mushrooms like thimbles in the leftover flowerpots.

 

I have no idea how this might affect the local urban wildlife, if at all, but I’m hoping it portends a fat, easy winter for the various birds, squirrels, yes, and even the wild mice. If the persimmons are to be trusted, it’s going to be a cold, snowy winter this year.

 

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