Last week I observed many different varieties of boletes – mushrooms with pores instead of gills or teeth. Here are some examples.
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Falling Apart
I found this massive bolete and decided to bring it back to the cabin for identification. After carrying it around all day, when I got back to the cabin and took the mushrooms from my basket, this one not only had crushed a few others,… Read More
Eating Wild Mushrooms
Let’s be clear. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m suggesting you go out and pick yourself a bunch of wild mushrooms, compare them to photos of mushrooms I have posted as edibles, and eat them. Here’s the thing. It isn’t too difficult to learn to… Read More
The Bracebridge Resource Management Centre
This is a so-called experimental forest in the Bracebridge area of Ontario. As you can see in the photo, it consists of an extensive network of trails near the Muskoka River through a variety of forest mixes. I observed a lot of mushrooms as the… Read More
Puffballs
I observed many puffballs on my trip. There are several varieties of small puffballs in our area, and I’m not an expert on telling them apart but my best assessment is that I saw Lycoperdon pyriforme – the Pear-shaped Puffball; and Lycoperdon perlatum – the… Read More
Turtle Lake
…continued from previous post: Limberlost Reserve… The Turtle Lake West Trail becomes the Turtle Lake East Trail when you cross the stream by a lovely cedar bridge. There are actually two of them, but one is blocked off with some ribbon, which I took to… Read More
Amanitas
Over the past few days, I’ve seen more mushrooms of the genus Amanita than I have since I started paying attention to fungi in our forests. It seemed as if every spot I visited was punctuated by some of these often striking and beautiful mushrooms.… Read More
Back from the woods
If you look closely, you’ll see that Ellie Mae is posing beside some mushrooms. We hiked into Duck Chutes on the Muskoka river. The dogs are loving the swim. Memphis is posing in front of a huge basswood tree, on a trail around a lake… Read More
I will be computer-less…
for the next few days. I’m blowing town to wander some forests and forage for mushrooms. I’m looking at this as an educational venture. I want to see how many species I can identify while I’m away. Beyond that, I’ll be having fun, goofing around… Read More
Enchanted Mushroom Forests
I’m going to visit some enchanted mushroom forests next week, with a goal of identifying as many different species of mushrooms as I can find. Looks like the weather is going to cooperate, with a little rain just about every day. Add to that what… Read More
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