The Mysterious Lichen Universe
Blog 37: Last winter was warm with hardly any snowstorms in our region. The pandemic restrictions gave me a lot of time on my hands so I...
Medicinal Polypore Fungi
Blog 36: It doesn’t surprise me as modern Canadian scientists and mycologists examine the medicinal actions of fungi that they end up...
Spore Dropper or Spore Shooter ?
Blog 35: Is it me or is there more mushrooms fruiting now than you' ve ever seen before? Why now is a good question? Well, two things in...
The Mighty Mushroom
By Colleen Hulett BLOG 34: The two last weeks with rainfall were a blessing. Fancy fungi edibles popped up everywhere along the trails to...
CITIZEN SCIENTIST WIZARDRY
BLOG 33: I hope you were able to find the courage in my Frontyard Forager article (Madawaska Highlander May / June 2020 issue) and were...
Hericium, my favourite.*
BLOG 32: Whenever someone finds out I love to go mushroom hunting they are always curious to know which one is my favourite and where do...
The Front Yard Forager
BLOG 31: If you go outside and walk around your lawn you could forage fresh ingredients for a raw salad or even steamed greens. It’s...
The Power of Nature: Winter Forest bathing in the highlands.
BLOG 30:Hiking in the autumn forest in our region is incredible. Before me are leaves the colour of gold, rust, crimson, red, orange and...
Mutalistic Relationships of Trees and Fungi
(Pic by Colleen Hulett: Top left/clockwise: Chicken Fat Mushroom, Comb's Tooth, Dryad's Saddle, White Pine, Beech, Birch with Chaga.)...
The Purple Coneflower is not for ‘the bees’. They are the ‘bees knees’ of plants.
BLOG 28: How many of you have Purple Coneflowers gracing your garden? Coneflowers are an indigenous species to Canada and consequently an...