It’s 3:30 AM and I’m at the Bangalore airport.

Deep within the concrete walls of a maximum security prison, mycology is taught to inmates who are eager to learn. Just two hours north...

Good evening, friends, This week we’ll go back to the American Beech (F. grandifolia) to find a different branch harboring a different...

Good evening, friends, Brr, it’s not warm. We got some snow over the weekend and we’ll learn today that even when you can’t see the...

I let the big announcement breathe for a bit but now we’re back to our regularly scheduled mushroom content.

"You should give up whatever job you have and just quit. Just stop now, and devote the rest of your life to mushrooms." - Gary Lincoff At...

They say there’s no place like Utica in December.

Good evening, friends, Today’s mushroom I found just this morning: the Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea).

Good evening, friends, I’m down in the Florida Keys visiting family for the holiday and have poked around on the limited land surface in...

Good evening, friends, The mystery of mushrooms is what draws a lot of people into the study of mycology. When I started learning about...

Good evening, friends, Yet another dry week. Even though we received a touch of rain on Sunday night (~.1 in), smoke from nearby...

Good evening, friends, Another dry week, but when life gives us lemons we squeeze them into lemonade and quench our first. Today we’ll...

Good evening, friends, It’s been dry out there, historically dry. Barring unforeseen showers, October 2024 will go down as the driest...

Good evening, friends, Oh boy has it been dry and dusty. Fresh mushrooms are few and far between, but you can still find dried up...

Good evening, friends, This past weekend I attended the Northeastern Mycological Federation’s Sam Ristich Annual Foray in Hyannis, MA. My...

Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Pear-shaped Puffball ( Apioperdon pyriforme ). While we’ve had a bit of a drought for...

Good evening, friends, This week we’re looking at a very attractive genus of fall mushrooms, the Scaly Caps ( Pholiota spp. ). We found...

Good evening, friends, We wrapped up another successful Friends of Fungi weekend in the Catskills and have a new mushroom to show for it....

Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Bear’s Head Tooth ( Hericium americanum ) which was all over the Adirondacks when I...

Good evening, friends, This past weekend I hiked thirty or so miles of the Northville-Placid Trail with my buddy Phil. The leaves were...