Save a piece of this choice edible to grow in mulch.

The only way to build and improve skills is to take the time to practice. Reading and taking classes is great, but nothing beats practical, hands-on application.

The natural world is varied and diverse. Mentoring is a time-honored way to gain knowledge and to pass knowledge on to others. A good nature educator is worth his or her weight in gold.

Spring is a wonderful time for foraging. Wild edibles abound.

Part of the “fun” in fungi is identification. Finding ways to prepare edible jelly fungi is truly satisfying.

After an unusually hot, dry April, May has brought needed rain. Today’s COMA hike brought a harvest of morels that exceeded all of last year’s morel finds. Typically the black morel fruits first, followed by the half-free morel (Morchella species) and the yellow morel arrives later. But everything is fruiting and blooming at the same [...]

This mushroom is edible to me, but deadly to its host.

Finding an alternative to driving has opened up new opportunities that have been hiding in plain sight.