Dartmouth College

I can always spot a mushroom. Once, driving through the streets of Boston, a clump of white mushrooms a hundred feet away caught my eye. I parked and ran back to the fungi to make sure they were well-documented with an impromptu photoshoot. Seeing mushrooms explode over a day or two, I am amazed by their resilience and adaptability. They can pop up almost anywhere, from desert to beach to forest. There is no one to cultivate them or prepare for their arrival, yet they still come in multitudes, completely self-sufficient. I keep photo albums of the mushrooms I find on various trips; my best is…