Where To See Mushrooms Bloom This Fall

NATICK, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — While leaves begin to change colors on top of trees, something else is growing among the roots.

Jef Taylor, a mycologist with the Mass Audubon, told WBZ NewsRadio fall is the best time to see mushrooms bloom.

“The mushrooms are getting the maximum amount of food from their tree hosts,” he said. “That’s when you really start seeing lots of mushrooms, right after the summer solstice.”

Taylor added that fungi growth depends on weather with more growing during wetter years. He pointed out a multitude of different mushrooms growing along tree roots right now while leading the Fungi Field Walk.

Naomi from Newton and her six-year-old were among the participants on the walk.

“[We] get super into it every time it rains,” she said. “We’ll walk to school, move super slowly and look at all the mushrooms. It’s kind of fun.”

The next Fungi Field Walk is on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary.

“Life is everywhere, and anywhere they look there’s something alive and beautiful and worth paying attention to,” Taylor said.

WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas (@JamesRojas.bsky.social) reports