Posted By auntie on August 31, 2019

4.6 miles; Exeter, RI

Today’s hike was with a group of friends. It’s been quite a while since I hiked this iconic RI trail and I forgot how pretty it is. In fact, I decided that I need to get back to this whole trail system at some point.

Nice Photo Opportunity

We had a sunny and warm day, but not too warm. The blue sky really made for nice photo opportunities.

Amanita

Lotta nice fungus on this hike. Interestingly, it was an amanita mushroom that kind of sparked my interest in fungus. I remember hiking with my friends Cynthia and Ann… I think we were doing Mount Tom in Arcadia, and we came across this mushroom, and Cynthia said, “Oh. An amanita.” I don’t know why but it had never before occurred to me to attach names to the mushrooms we saw, so I started looking them up. And a mania was born. As to what sparked my interested in edible mushrooms, well, that’s a story for another blog post.

Purple Cort, Cortinarius iodes

There were lots of Purple Corts, too. These always look so pretty on the forest floor.

Turkey Tail, Trametes versicolor

And of course there was plenty of Turkey Tail.

Dead Hognose Snake

This poor little guy got run over. Or something… he was very dead.

Orange Striped Oakworm, Anisota senatoria

And again, there were lots of these guys. But where’s his hookah?

Alas, No Idea

No idea what these guys are, but I thought they were interesting. Like little orange ocean mines or something.

Track (click for details)

You can find out more about this hike from this page which is part of the excellent David Brierley’s “Story of the Yawgoog Trails.” Includes a link to a trail map. As always, click the image above for details about this hike and to download the gps track.

Categories: Rhode Island, Walks and Hikes
Tags: 5–7 miles, Exeter RI, RI