Freedom Park, in Williamsburg VA, gets it name because of a few wooden cabins inside the park. In 1803, farmer William Lee died. In his will, he granted freedom to his three slaves and also set aside a sum of money to be used to construct cabins for them at Green Spring. They were eventually joined there by other freedmen, and the village became known as “The Free Black Settlement”. Today, the area is part of Freedom Park, and three cabins have been reconstructed there as an exhibit.
On the day I visited the park, it had been raining a few days, and the mushrooms were out in profusion. So here are some photos of the park and its fungi.
“Mushrooms” are actually the fruiting body of fungi that are largely invisible and live as a network of fine threads penetrating the soil. Here are some of the mushrooms seen in the park. If anyone who is more fungus-knowledgeable than I can ID any of these, that’d be great. :)