Good morning, friends, Last week we looked at the choice edible and highly coveted Matsutake , a mushroom that draws many foragers to the outer arm of Cape Cod every October. This week we turn our attention to the foragers’ second choice, Leccinum vulpinum . Brick Cap, Foxy Bolete, and Scaber Stalk are just a few of the common names tossed around for these robust, charismatic boletes (I chose the middle for the title because it’s provocative). A handful of folks were collecti

This week’s mushroom comes to us from the Cape Cod Mycological Society walk that took place this past Saturday in Dennis, MA.

Good evening, friends, Sunday night, at around 9PM, Ciara and I returned home after an adventurous thru-hike in the Adirondack Mountains....

Good afternoon, friends, and Happy Labor Day. This week we’re going to look at one of the more colorful mushrooms in the woods, the...

Good evening, friends, Wow. After a patient wait this summer we finally received all that the rain promises and more. There has been a...

Good evening, friends, I’ll be honest: this year going into Mycofest my stoke levels were lower than they had been in previous years....

Good evening, friends, This mushroom comes to us as a pleasant surprise. Saturday morning we went for a quick walk in the woods to find a...

Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Parasitic Bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) which I found last Monday in Manitou....

Good evening, friends, Whoa, what a weekend at Mycofest. This year the festival was at Rhoneymeade Arboretum in Centre Hall, PA. What...

Good evening, friends, This week’s mushroom is the Hygrophorus Milk Cap (Lactifluus hygrophoroides). A mouthful in both name and dinner,...

Good evening, friends. Well, we got all that rain I’ve been asking for and then some. The preserve got somewhere between 8-10 inches of...

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the rooting polypore (Polyporus radicatus). I found this mushroom on Wednesday at the base...

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is the ash-tree bolete (Boletinellus merulioides). We found this mushroom Saturday during...

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is Lactifluus piperatus, commonly known as the peppery milkcap or, by a much more suave...

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is Tapinella atrotomentosa, commonly known as the velvet-footed pax or the velvet rollrim....

Good evening, friends, This weekend I trekked across the state to Letchworth State Park and participated in the Rochester Area...

Good evening, friends, This week's mushroom is Rickenella fibula, commonly known as the orange moss agaric, and formerly known as...

Good evening friends, and happy Presidents' Day, This week's mushroom is Tylopilus badiceps, commonly known as the beveled-cap bolete....

Good afternoon, friends, and Happy Valentine's Day. This week's mushroom is Gyroporus castaneus, commonly known as the chestnut bolete....