Fungi are a natural part of landscapes. They go unnoticed until we see signs of them or symptoms on plants. Signs can be mold, mushrooms, decay or rusty colored dust ...
Growing on an oak tree away from the river was a bright red beefsteak mushroom. This is a so called bracket fungus, as it grows on a tree trunk and looks like a bracket or shelf attached to the tree ...
Conditions are quite different today as I step into the early November woods for a walk. With the leaf drop and the not-yet snow cover, the forest is very open, and I see plenty of things that were ...