Note: I wrote this article at the behest of a Forest Service representative; it is re-posted here, plus subtitles, with permission of the Summit Daily News, which ran it on October 1. Just as collecting firewood from the national forest for home use requires a permit, so too … [Read more...]
Wild Edible Notebook—September Release!
Halfway through September I am once again honored to present the Wild Edible Notebook, my journal-style tale of select plants. This fourth issue is about wild mushrooms. In the first part, I share a neophyte's adventure discovering and experimenting with shaggy manes (Coprinus … [Read more...]
A Daily Diet of Puffballs and Leftover Bread
Looking back to the puffball entry I wrote on August 13 last year, I can’t believe how long it’s taken for my backyard colony of gem-studded puffballs (Lycoperdon perlatum) to emerge this season. Emerge they have, however (in early September, finally!), and with them a host of … [Read more...]
Lactarius deliciosus is fine with me
It rained quite a bit a few days ago and now the mushrooms are up again, though we’ve found only one bolete in recent days—a magnificent one, but past its prime so we left it. I wonder if the season for boletes is past? No biggie. Boletes are good but so are Lactarius … [Read more...]
The current currant season
The currants and gooseberries are ripe now, and oh what a currant season the current season is! I had an inkling of the potential the other day when we visited the Como Roundhouse during Railroad Days and Deb was kind enough to let Gregg and I and Kor from Holland out back to … [Read more...]
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