Do you know the mushroom man?

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — Many places across the state recorded the rainiest July on record—that was great news for Kevyn Fowler. 

Kevyn describes himself as an avid mushroom hunter and spends just about every minute he can outdoors in the woods, foraging. If you tag along with him, you will never look at a mushroom in quite the same way again. There are few people who get this enthusiastic when they happen upon a particular type of mushroom in the woods.

“Oh! I see a coral! I just get excited I was like YES we see a coral! I can see that a mile away this is a coral mushroom. These are really extraordinary, really neat. You can catch ‘em in the sunlight, you can catch ’em in the shade. They come in all shapes and … coral mushrooms are a beautiful group of mushrooms,” Kevyn said with great excitement. 

While most of us see a forest full of trees, Kevyn is far more mesmerized by what is going on on the forest floor.
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