Mycologists Travis Lynch, left, and Jon Sommer examine mushrooms while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. Lynch, who traveled from Cumberland, Wisc., was hired by Sommer as the Chief Mushroom Identifier for a mushroom fair hosted by the Colorado Mycological Society at the Denver Botanic Gardens. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Members of the Colorado Mycological Society head out on the Deer Creek trail to forage for mushrooms in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Two small mushrooms are seen amongst moss-covered rocks near the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Mycologist Travis Lynch, center, points out a mushroom to members of the Colorado Mycological Society while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
A member of the Colorado Mycological Society prepares to collect a mushroom while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
A member of the Colorado Mycological Society holds up a mushroom collected while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Members of the Colorado Mycological Society search for mushrooms along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Miriam Poole, foreground, and Caelyn Hirschman, members of the Colorado Mycological Society, search for mushrooms along the Deer Creek in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
At the lower center of the frame, two small mushrooms are seen on a rocky, moss-covered hillside near the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Mycologist Travis Lynch, who traveled from Cumberland, Wisc., and was hired by the Colorado Mycological Society as the Chief Mushroom Identifier for their annual Mushroom Fair, examines a mushroom using a magnifying glass during a foray along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Jon Sommer, president of the Colorado Mycological Society, collects mushrooms along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Mycologist Travis Lynch, who traveled from Cumberland, Wisc., and was hired by the Colorado Mycological Society as the Chief Mushroom Identifier for their annual mushroom fair, photographs a mushroom that does not exist in his home state while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
A container of mushrooms collected by members of the Colorado Mycological Society is seen near the Deer Creek trailhead in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Anne Skoka, a member of the Colorado Mycological Society, searches for mushrooms along the Deer Creek in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Naomi Galbraith, a member of the Colorado Mycological Society, flips through a book about mushrooms while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Penny Vance, a member of the Colorado Mycological Society picks up her basket to add a mushroom she collected while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Members of the Colorado Mycological Society stash their baskets of mushrooms they collected under a vehicle in order to keep them out of the sun as they wait for their companions to return from a mushroom foray near the Deer Creek trailhead in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Jon Sommer, president of the Colorado Mycological Society, collects mushrooms along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
Jon Sommer, left, explains a type of mushroom to Jeff Hersch and Eliza Soroka that was collected while they foraged along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
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Mycologists Travis Lynch, left, and Jon Sommer examine mushrooms while foraging along the Deer Creek trail in Pike National Forest on August 4, 2023. Lynch, who traveled from Cumberland, Wisc., was hired by Sommer as the Chief Mushroom Identifier for a mushroom fair hosted by the Colorado Mycological Society at the Denver Botanic Gardens. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)
