Orange Jelly Spot
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. ‘Mushroom’ usually evokes the stereotypical...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 103 min read
Slimy Spike
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday! (A day early this week to respect Remembrance Day). ‘Slime veil’ probably isn’t a phrase you expected...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 33 min read
Peppery Bolete
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. I’ve been seeing today’s mushroom all over the...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 273 min read
Red-belted Polypore
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Mushroom identification doesn’t get much...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 203 min read
Fly Agaric
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today’s mushroom is large, showy, common, and...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 132 min read
Artist's Conk
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s one of our common polypores,...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 63 min read
Milkcaps
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Last week we explored the Russula group (aka...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 292 min read
Russula
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s not one species, but a group: the...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 222 min read
Coral Fungi
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, a weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. The word ‘mushroom’ usually brings to mind...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 152 min read
Ornate-stalked Bolete
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, a weekly look at some of PEI’s beginner-level fungi. Today it’s the distinctive Ornate-stalked Bolete (...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 82 min read
Purple-gilled Laccaria
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, a weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s the beautiful Purple-gilled Laccaria...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 12 min read
Meadow Mushrooms
September marks the return of Mushroom Mondays! Let’s start the season with some common, easy-to-identify choice edibles: Meadow...
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katemacquarrie22
Jun 282 min read
Chanterelles
The fantastic rain PEI has had over the past week has encouraged our wild fungi to start fruiting, and Chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.)...
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katemacquarrie22
Jun 232 min read
Oyster Mushrooms
I’m always on the lookout for new-to-me PEI fungi and so was pleased to spot a choice edible species during one of my recent plant...
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katemacquarrie22
Mar 203 min read
Sand Dune Fungi
If you are at all familiar with PEI’s famous sand dunes, you likely understand the importance of Marram Grass (Ammophila breviligulata)...
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katemacquarrie22
Mar 132 min read
Snow Mould
March snowmelt marks the welcomed advance of spring on PEI, but for about one in five people it also means the return of far-less-popular...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 3, 20232 min read
Fungivorous Squirrels
If decorating a tree is part of your December routine, you’re not alone. PEI’s Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) have been doing...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Cat's-tongue
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 19, 20232 min read
Green Elf Cup
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 12, 20232 min read
Black Trumpets
As a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
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