A number of wild Shelf, or Bracket mushroom species, are sprinkled throughout the Northeastern states. And the best time to hunt them is in the middle of the summer. These wild fungi are sometimes ...

Along with the heat of July, we get storms. Plenty of rain usually comes in these thunder showers, and nature's fireworks continue through the whole month. The heat and rains spur on the growth of ...

While I was thinking I should write about a spring-like subject, the dawn chorus that now greets us every morning or the skunk cabbage and rhubarb pushing up through the thin remains of the snow, but ...

It took until after the middle of June, approaching the summer solstice time, but the deciduous woods of the Northland has finally reached full leafing of all the trees. Even those slow to respond ...

Mushrooms come in all kinds of colors. If you get out into the woods, or even in your backyard or a park, you’ll notice all kinds of fungi this fall — thanks to our extraordinarily wet summer. And ...

For sure, if there’s one thing a purist doesn’t want to see in their garden, it’s mushrooms! Why does the sight of mushrooms popping up in a lawn or flower bed cause such annoyance? Mushrooms are a ...

When you see mushrooms or other fungi growing out of the trunk of a tree, pay attention. It’s a sign that the wood inside the tree is decaying. “It’s something you want to have a professional look at ...