banana slug

That's some strange weather. I had occasion to speak on the phone with someone in Pierre a couple of months ago. He also reported unseasonably warm weather, but things vary in the short term. My bride and I were at Jenny Lake in the Tetons toward the end of last May, and it was a skating rink. We were also there a year prior to that, almost to the day, and the lake was ice-free. The long-term climate pattern is another matter. The Earth cycles through long term periods of warming and cooling. The current warming trend is probably different. For the first time human activity seems to be a factor in the process. Of more significance, for the first time there's a large human population that may be effected, e.g., by disruption of habitat or by interruption of food supply. Other species--think polar bears--are already being affected. Let's hope we're smart enough to manage things successfully down the road.

At least coastal winters are milder than those in the middle of the continent, any continent, due to the moderating effect of a great big body of water nearby that places like Wyoming lack. Hang in there. :)

Oregon had no spring this year, or so I've heard from family and in-laws in the Willamette Valley. There can be too much of any good thing, including rain.

Thanks for the insight. I'll have to check with my better half to see if they are available locally. I did note online that one may buy "kits" to cultivate oyster mushrooms. As for slugs liking them, I think slugs like a bunch of things. They're certainly an annoyance when trying to grow vegetables!

I know nothing of mushrooms, but just searching online for "oyster mushrooms" and looking at the pictures that my search turns up, I think you may be right. Thanks.

I would think it was 7-10 cm long, but there's unfortunately no obvious telltale in the image to permit a more precise estimate.