As we were going down toward the creek, I looked up the hillside and saw this.  Actually it was about 100 feet up the hill, but I knew instantly what it was.  It is growing at the base of a living tree.  The mushroom book says that is not uncommon for Chicken of the Woods to grow at the base of living trees.

 

So, of course, I had to scramble up the hill to get a good picture for you.  When I got up there I noticed that the mushrooms were a little dry, and definitely past their “use by date.”  So it is still there.  

 

Going up wasn’t that hard, but coming back down was a little slippery.  Anyway, I survived, AND got a good picture.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!