Mushroom Hunting
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colorful fungi
mushrooms fill the forest floor
a hunter’s delight
spores, yeast, molds, mushrooms galore
calling all mycologists
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I had a blast finding and photographing mushrooms on my hike this past Monday. It was my first day out in about a month, and the forest was filled with an amazing variety and amount of mushrooms, fungi, etc. I guess all the rain we’ve has stirred a bloom in fungi. Here is a small sampling of all the fungi that I found. I don’t know their names, but they sure are interesting. I think it would be fun to go mushroom hunting with an expert mycologist to learn more about them and know which ones are edible. Any mycologists out there?
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Wow, that’s an amazing selection of ‘shrooms Brad!
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Thanks Teagan. And I didn’t even post the two wildest ones. 🙂
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They look.beautiful. lovely words too. It must have felt great to have some time to get in touch with nature once again.
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Thanks Drew. I was overdue for my nature time.
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Always set a little time aside for that
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I enjoyed your poem, Brad, and the pictures are fabulous.
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Thanks Robbie. It was a fun adventure.
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a fun poem and awesome variety of mushrooms! i just love mushrooms and get very excited discovering them too! thank you for sharing. i’m so glad you got out hiking and keep holding you in thought for all the change in your life ❤
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Thank you Tania. It was like being on a treasure hunt. 🙂
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how fun!! i love that. would enjoy treasure hunting with you!
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I’m sure it would be a blast!
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i agree!
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Wonderful Brad, nothing beats the aroma of the forest floor this time of year .. And what delights you found hiding there too..
Great poem Brad and loved the images..
So pleased you were able to connect back with nature.. I am sure you missed going on your hikes.. So happy you created that space to do so..
Much love your way Brad, take care of you and don’t work Too hard.. 💙
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Thank you Sue. It was fun and nurturing to get out in the woods. I love the forest smells in autumn with the decay. We’re still hot and dry for now.
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Good to know.. Enjoy while it lasts. 🙂
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Sounds like you had some mushroom fun. Fabulous 😁
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Definitely! Thanks Lisa. 🙂
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Wow wonderful pictures taken of different varieties of mushrooms, Brad and hope you had a great time.
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Thank you Kamal.
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Welcome 😊😊 😊 Brad
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I, too, would love to hear what a Mycologist would have to say. Im very passionate about ethnobotany. So intriguing. I’m always amazed at how many varieties of mushrooms there are too. Nice pictures.
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Agreed about the amazing variety. It would be a cool field trip with a mycologist. 🙂
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You found so many different varieties on your hike…perfect photographic moment!!
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Yes, it was a wonderful day of discovery and nurturing to be out in nature.
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I especially like the turkey tail mushrooms. They seem to have medicinal properties. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mushrooms-cancer_b_1560691
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Thanks JoAnna. It sounds like you know more about mushrooms than me. I’ll check out the article. I know they’re finding value in mushrooms for environmental cleanup too.
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I don’t know much. Just like the turkey tails.
🙂
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They sound like a wonderful mushroom and look like what I saw on my hike.
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Looks like you found some interesting specimens Brad!
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Yes I did!
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Sounds like a great hike. The yellow one is intense and undoubtedly toxic. We have edible mushrooms in our woods and the start of the rain definitely brings them out. Happy Hunting.
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I bet you have a lot of interesting varieties in the nw.
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The chanterelles are the only kind I recognize and eat. But I know there are more out there. 🙂
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So glad you were able to get out and explore for a while in nature – I know how it fills your soul. Mine too! So many interesting varieties of fungi! Nature is so amazing! Great captures and fun prose, Brad! 🙂
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Thanks Julie. It was wonderful to get out and find all these fungi.
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Mushrooms are fun. Always so interesting to observe the flora (and fauna) locally.
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Agreed. I bet you have some interesting varieties up in Alaska.
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Yes!
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Interesting post! Are you becoming a fungi kind of guy? Writing love-poems to fungi?
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Ha, ha. I haven’t quite gone over to the dark and moist fungi side! But a definite fascination.
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I’m sure you had a blast taking pictures of them. We had a hike back then that I wished that I had taken the camera with me. We will be redoing that hike again and I will be bringing that camera, no matter what.
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Yes, I had fun Leif. And other times I’ve missed them like you. Plus they seem to have a mysterious growth cycle. Happy Hunting!
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