Alley Park in Lancaster is the home to hundreds of mushroom varieties that can be found by visitors who choose to look closely. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)
A Lancaster Parks and Recreation volunteer points out some of the varieties of mushrooms that have been found in Alley Park before taking hikers on a hike to discover mushroom varieties. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)Dixie Bosworth, left, Tamra Filkins, center, and Roger Grossenbacher hike the trails in Alley Park Saturday in Lancaster during a Mushroom Hike hosted by Lancaster Parks and Recreation. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)Dixie Bosworth, left, Steve Downour, center, and Earl Downour search for mushrooms during Saturday’s Mushroom Hike offered by Lancaster Parks and Recreation. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)Dixie Bosworth smells a mushroom during the Alley Park Mushroom Hike Saturday in Lancaster. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)Certain varieties of mushrooms have what are called gills on their underside. During the Lancaster Parks and Recreation Mushroom Hike participants picked mushrooms and examined different varieties. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)Bryan Filkins II examines under some foliage to find mushrooms Saturday during the Lancaster Parks and Recreation Mushroom Hike. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)
Hikers gather around and discuss a mushroom, the Amanita Muscaria, after discovering during the 2-mile hike in Alley Park Saturday. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)Dixie Smith, left, laughs as her friend Dixie Bosworth, right, explains the appearance and inappropriate nickname of a mushroom during a discussion about edible nonpoisonous mushrooms. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)
During Saturday’s 2-mile Mushroom Hike at Alley Park in Lancaster, hike leader and parks volunteer Roger Grossenbacher searches an area near the lake for medicinal herbs. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)Hikers identify a chanterelle mushroom using their books during the Lancaster Parks and Recreation Mushroom Hike in Alley Park Saturday. (WOUB/Jennifer Coombes)
