I am not really sure. We have had moisture streaming up from the Gulf and dumping on us continually all month, in highly localized storms. The Weather Service says about 2 ½ inches for us, for May. Many towns around us have had flooding, and some severe, but we have not. I love rain, but I am tired of it. A week off would be nice. It is squelching out there, despite less than an inch of rain last Saturday.
Given all that juiciness, there have been an unusual number of fungal incursions into the yard this spring. I am no mycologist, but I have gilled mushrooms coming up along the edges of a wood chip path, and some sort of morel—not the usual one, though—and no puffballs this year, either.
They look like your standard button mushroom, but they are not. They mature to a cap that is 3–4 inches in diameter.
In their old age, the mushroom’s gills become riddled with holes, and they soon keel over.
The other interesting mushroom came and went so fast, that I cannot tell you much about them, except that they were definitely hollow, so I am pretty sure they are some kind of morel.
My biggest concern is that we will have a droughty July to make up for this juicy May. July is always hot, so adding extra dryness is rough on plants.