Okay… this was just too cool. I laughed.

Despite the perfect St. Augustine grass and complete lack of species diversity, there was no stopping these guys from showing up all around a few oaks at the edge of this gas station parking lot in Ft. Pierce.

My children actually spotted them first while we were heading home from a Thanksgiving visit to family.

I’m very proud of my young foragers. Here’s a close-up of one of these beautiful boletes:

They almost look like bread rolls rising from the soil, pushing through strands of grass and reaching for the sunlight:

If you find boletes and aren’t sure if they’re safe to eat or not, I recently made a video on identifying edible boletes:

I love how mushrooms manage to pop up in the most absurd places.

I wonder if fairies sit on these mushrooms on moonlit nights?