Mushroom spore prints

Today I visited my site and gathered mushrooms. They are almost gone. They have been there for more than a month now. I brought them home and started making a collage using the spore prints as a background on the poster board.

I found mushrooms tonite in my yard, at my nature site, and along the road. I brought several home with me to make spore prints from. Many families of mushrooms are identified by spore color. It impossible to see one spore at a time. Taking a print of the mushrooms spores where many of the spores can seen together is a good way to identify the mushroom.      I started a collage on my poster board and arranged orange and black paper on it so I could get a print on several colors of background.  I'll use the prints as a background for the collage.