Photos: And after the Rain, the Mushrooms

This beauty was simply spectacular. I wanted to put it on a fire and eat it right there.

This is not broken. It's whole.

The rain today on the Hollins Greenway Trail up the back side of Carvins Cove brought out an array of mushrooms the likes of which I've never seen.

This is a few of what my new pal Debbie Stevens and I saw on the hike. They were spread throughout the hike, sometimes in large bunches, often in the path itself. The colors were vivid and intense, the plants straight and strong. The growing conditions must have been perfect.

University of Tennessee orange was everywhere. Go Vols!

Debbie said this one looked to be smiling.

An orange sentinel.

Debbie photos the big one.