Tillinghast Pond Management Area
Posted By auntie on October 8, 2012
4.15 miles ★★★★
nice hike, nice day, if a little cool. i got to wear my brand-new blaze orange fleece vest, so cool was fine with me. first time i’ve been here alone, and it was actually prettier than i remembered. did 2 of the 3 loops, but i was under some time constraints, or i’d have done all 3 major loops.
tillinghast pond
it really is a very pretty place. this is the pond.
fungus shot
no idea what these are.
boardwalk on the trail
handsome boardwalk on the trail.
fly agaric, or amanita mushroom
this was a gigantic (for its kind) fly agaric that was growing in a field.
tillinghast pond management area is a 1900-acre property owned by the nature conservancy in west greenwich. you can get directions and a trail map here.
cool fungus!
In a big fungus year (or so it seems to me), you sure captured a big fungus.
well, to be fair, it was about, oh, tennis-ball sized. but still, that’s big for an amanita.