It's always a happy time when there has been enough rain for the first Porcini mushrooms to arrive. Suzy Rudy found perhaps the first one last Sunday in the Timber Cove area. King Boletes are delicious edible mushrooms.

You can see from Suzy's photo that these mushrooms do not have gills. Instead, they have a sponge. King Boletes have a symbiotic relationship with Bishop Pine trees, and can often be found under huckleberry and manzanita bushes, with Bishop Pines and Redwoods nearby.

If you are interested in learning more about wild mushrooms, local David Arora's books are wonderful. Get yours at our bookstore, the Four-Eyed Frog Books, in Gualala. They will mail them to  you if you live out of town. https://www.foureyedfrog.com/

Thanks to Suzy for allowing me to share her photo with you here.