What happened to my mushroom spot?
For Sandy and I, hunting for wild mushrooms in Oregon forests is exciting, good exercise, and just being in and around nature helps rejuvenate one’s soul. After a long and...
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Back from Vacation
Well, backyard gardening had to end sometime. September is when Sandy and I begin our transition from all things gardening to all things fungi. Truth be told, we’ve actually been...
Life in a Burn Area
Back in 2018, Sandy and I decided to check out one of Oregon’s burn areas to look for the infamous burn morel. We chose the 2017 Jones Fire as we...
Many Mushroom Experiments
Over the last several years I may have gone a little overboard with inoculating every log Sandy and I found with some species of mushroom. The list of species included...
Look Mom, No Cavities
I’d like to count myself as one of the few Homo sapiens to fall into the “no cavities” group. However, my mom told me it wasn’t nice to lie about...
The Dark Fungi and the Light Fungi
If the title of this article seems confusing to you, well you’re probably in very good company. On a recent PBS broadcast of Science Friday, one of the topics of...