Lichen, mushrooms

Lichen on a dead branch

Showing a hint of green after the rain.

I was looking for mushrooms. It's been a long, dry, hot summer, but now that the rain is back, they should be popping up all over. I found only one small patch, although I poked through duff and moss and under dead branches everywhere I walked. The mushroom eaters found it first, though.

Shelf mushroom about the size of a quarter.