Start off by packing some cold drinks and heading off to a forest. If you have a couple huge slobbering canines, they’ll want to come along. Find and pick a selection of tasty edible mushrooms. Avoid the deadly poisonous or the sickening kind. Drive home… Read More
I hadn’t planned on visiting a forest today, since we haven’t had rain in a while and I thought there wouldn’t be many mushrooms around. However, the dogs seemed to have the idea that on weekends I’m supposed to take them for a walk in… Read More
This morning, my brother Salvelinas showed me a forest I hadn’t been in before.
I can’t even use the excuse that I’m looking for edible mushrooms since there are very few of those around just now. Mostly I’m really enjoying getting out with the dogs, walking around in forests, learning from what I see as the season progresses. Today… Read More
I walked the trails through the Emily tract today on my way to Tuffy’s family’s cottage. It’s an interesting forest and an enjoyable walk. I didn’t find much happening in the way of mushrooms though. There were a few items growing on trees here and… Read More
We enjoyed a much needed rain yesterday. It drizzled, spit, poured and misted on and off from mid-afternoon until sometime late in the evening. I’ve been hoping for a rain like this to encourage a new fruiting of oyster mushrooms. I’m planning to take the… Read More
The shot above shows oyster mushrooms on a dead tree in the woods. As you can see, they’re pretty high up. I found a long sapling on the forest floor and used it to knock some of them down. I only found three trees with… Read More
…that I wasn’t dependent on finding morels and ramps for dinner because I failed to find the goodies I was looking for. Rats! I had a good visit with Tuffy Sr. in the morning and then more or less headed north and west, in search… Read More
I also recommend the Sun Ra version, from his Disney tribute album, Second Star to the Right. Here’s Ra and the boys doing another Disney classic, High Ho High Ho: By the way, the bracket fungi featured in the photo are Ganoderma applanatum, the artist’s… Read More
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