Seemingly overnight, our backyard has erupted with a crop of mushrooms. Fortunately, our groundhog, Gary, cannot get enough of them and can be seen dining on them throughout the day. I used to think bird identification was difficult. The world of fungi is something on an entirely different level. Currently, scientists have identified some 120,000 species of fungi and recent estimates put the total number on this planet between 2.2 and 3.8 million! Identified mushrooms, however, number a mere 14,000. Suffice it to say, I gave up trying to identify this mushroom rather quickly.