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Nourishing Tonic Soup with Honey Mushrooms & Beef Balls

It’s been really warm recently, with temperatures reaching around 33°C during the day. Even though I drink plenty of water throughout the day, sweating can still

Trying to Grow Wood Blewits in the Garden

So earlier this evening, I did my usual walk and, though I thought my previous blewit find was just luck due to the autumn-like weather (as they can sometimes appear

Learning Mushroom Photography: Dreamy Woodland Blewits

I’ve recently become interested in proper photography, so it took me a while to understand all the formats, settings, and terminology. Some of the Hivers here are

Tracking the Mushrooms: Velvet Shank & Seasonal Finds

Based on this mushroom calendar I made last week, velvet shank is just past its peak. When I went for a foraging walk yesterday, here’s what I found: A cluster of

The Artistic Nature of Mushrooms

After days of heavy rain, the ground around here has been soaking wet, and fungi hunting would be a challenge. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to find any here, my kind

A Frosty Fungi Friday Hunt With My Kitties (and a Few Mushrooms Spotted!)

I was worried about their little paws on the cold, muddy, frozen ground, but as always, they seemed to know exactly how to handle it. The ground was crisp underfoot.

Fungi Friday Adventure: Wandering Among Ash Trees with Tiny Mushrooms

I whooshed out to the woods today unprepared, with just my phone and camera. It was a crisp autumn afternoon, and I never thought I would spend longer than usual

Oyster mushrooms groth rate is amazingly fast

More of natures beauty this time pink oyster mushrooms i grew on my allotment last year.

Fungi Friday Dusk Hunt and Fiery Milkcap Curry

Just as I freed myself from a few tasks today, I hurried into the woodland for a fungi hunt. It was already starting to get dark, and the whole day had been gloomy

“Forest Treasure at Sandy Point: A King Bolete Sighting 🍄

I’m not a mushroom person; I won’t be sad if I never eat one again. But I like seeing them along a trail and while just wandering around the woods. I came upon this

The Shaggy Bracket: A Woodland Discovery with Healing Potential

The weather has gone cooler, and autumn is approaching. After a few days of rain followed by sunshine, I was expecting to see some fungi sprouting! With an excited

Foraging & Feasting: Steamed Wild Mushrooms | From the Philippines to Your Plate

I went on a mushroom hunt after the recent rains, but it almost ended in disappointment! Arriving at my usual spot in the boondocks, I saw other people already heading

A Short Fungi Hunt: Weeping Widows and a Deer Mushroom

After the cooler weather, we eventually had a few mushrooms sprouting around here this time. I spotted a couple of species on my fungi hunt today! As I passed by

There was a beautiful mushroom - Eng/Esp

One day I went to the park to clear my head for a while. Nothing special, I just needed some fresh air and some silence. There was plenty of shade, the grass was

Foraging Pearl Oyster Mushrooms & Making Rustic Flatbread (Air Fryer Recipe)

After a couple of days of decent rainfall, I waited two days and headed out for a fungi hunt, hoping some mushrooms had sprouted. As we're in the middle of a very

Beyond the Green Facade: Every Leaf, Every Fungus, Cries for Rain

Everything is dry in the forest. Rain is very rare this year, and I notice it clearly as I walk along familiar paths. Even the mushrooms, which so desperately need

From 'What Is That?' to 'Aha!': My Unexpected Encounter with a Puffball

I don't usually use images in Google Image Search to understand what I've photographed, because I'd say I know a bit about nature. At first, I thought it was insect

Woodland Fungi Hunt & a Few New Discoveries

Been on a fungi hunt in a woodland I hadn’t visited in a while. The path was all blocked with bushes and prickly vines. But I managed to duck and push through, and

A Tiny Warty Knight Mushroom in the Garden

I went for a run this morning and followed it up with a bit of mushroom hunting. The woodland is so lush right now, though the grounds were a little dry. We've just

Chicken of the Woods| Mushroom foraging series #1

Chicken of the Woods is a vibrant wild mushroom named for its chicken-like texture and mild flavor when cooked. Its Latin name is Laetiporus sulphureus, and it's