Mycology, Botany, and nature-appreciation
9 Aug 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
Hello everyone! I'm back again to share my finds from another weekend walk through the woods of western Michigan, USA. This weekend was particularly humid and muggy, which made this walk quite the sweaty and mosquito-filled excursion. That being sai...
5 Aug 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
Over the weekend, I took a short vacation to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwestern Michigan, USA. The Lakeshore owes its name to an an Anishinaabe oral tradition passed down through the years. The story goes that long ago, there was...
28 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
I'd like to share a few photos from a walk I recently took along the Flat River in Western Michigan, USA. In particular, I took a walk along a stretch of the river located next to a small town called Fallasburg. The sleepy little town was first settl...
26 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
After a long hike through the woods yesterday, I came across plenty of beautiful mushrooms growing in the forest. Some of my favorite finds from the day included the Wrinkled Peach (Rhodotus palmatus), a striking pink fungus with a intricated reticul...
21 Jul 2021 3 minute read 2 comments tych0_21
Over the last week, the warm, humid weather here in the American Midwest has helped bring forth a bounty of mushrooms that had laid hidden beneath the forest floor. Here, a wealth of mycorrhizal fungi living in concert with the trees around them make...
9 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
Happy Fungi Friday! Today, I'm bringing you all some pictures from my most recent hike. Earlier this week, I made my way to a swampy wetland surrounded by mixed stands of red pine, maple, oak, and a smattering of eastern hemlock trees. In fact, it wa...
1 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
On Tuesday, I took advantage of the first clear, blue sky day we have seen in my area for the last several weeks to take a walk through my favorite mushroom-hunting forest. After a week of rainy, humid weather, the forest fungi are taking full advan...
29 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
After a long, humid hike in the woods last Sunday, I came home with a flashcard full of magnificent mushrooms. Below is a collection of the many species I came across while on my hike. Feel free to offer your suggestions if you think I have misidenti...
23 Jun 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
While taking a walk through the woods right after a rainstorm may sound like a muddy mess, doing so helps me gain a greater appreciation for how dynamic an ecosystem the temperate forests of North America can be. On a typically sunny summer day, the...
21 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21
After a few well-overdue rains and the subsequent humid spell that has cast itself over my portion of the United States, many of the local summer fungi have been presented with practically perfect fruiting conditions. Over the weekend, I took the opp...
