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04/12/2024

Ferny Friday:
Ostrich Fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris

Fiddleheads gracefully emerging from the Black micro-Swamp Fernery. These little guys are typically a great deal larger on older, more mature specimens. The emerging heads are edible, and said to be a very delicious seasonal spring green. Missed the window to forage them in Tug Hill last year, might try just one fiddlehead from the fernery this year.

04/11/2024

Wildflower Wednesday:
Frangipani, Plumeria rubra

In LA, I once overheard Costa Rica compared to a Hawaiian Island in terms of lushness. Frangipani is a flowering plant that many (including myself) visually associate with Pacific Islands. However the plant is actually native to Latin America, including Costa Rica. It is amazing how much global biota has altered since western colonization. Furthermore, I’m perplexed by how warped the average person’s perception of flora is shaped by capitalist marketing and commercial gardening. I firmly believe gardens around the world need to be decolonized.

04/09/2024

Osa Peninsula Primary Exploration

I love when the speckled canopy light dapples the forest floor. This Kapok Tree provided all the feels during my first hike into the edge of the primary lowland pacific rainforest. Looking back, my time in Costa Rica was far too brief; hopefully someday I can return to Costa Rica and greater Central America to explore the wonders of the Choco-Darien Rainforests.

04/04/2024

Wildflower Wednesday:
Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus

Absolutely brilliant species, with a mild-medium skunk scent in all parts of its being. It’s is edible if dried for weeks-months /+ boiled for hours-days. Along with many of my family members, I find the scent pleasant. It has notes of onion/garlic/ramp/chives, with essence of Pepé Le Pew. In youth I had a friend who smelled like skunk cabbage; I, among others, found her olfactory stimulating. Makes one wonder, was her family regularly eating from a locale skunk cabbage patch? If so, I wonder how many months they had to cure the leaves?

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04/02/2024

Mycelial Monday:
Purple Tooth, Trichaptum biforme

This polypore mushroom is not medicinal or edible, but it’s soft purple rings are so gracefully vibrant. The species of fungi is quite common in the Northeast; it is extremely important decomposer of fallen wood.

03/30/2024

Ferny Friday:
Fragrant Fern, Dryopteris fragrans

The ferniest smelling fern. The journey to finding this species involved many wrong turns and failed attempts. Couldn’t have asked for a more picturesque location for my first encounter; could have done with not failing ten feet of the face of a rock outcrop cliff. Native Americans were known to use these exquisitely scent ferns in their bedding.

03/28/2024

Wildflower Wednesday:
Indian/Ghost Pipe, Monotropa uniflora

Indian pipe does not contain chlorophyll which is why it is not green. It is a mycoheterotrophic plant, getting its nutrients parasitically from a fungus. In turn, the fungus usually gets its nutrients from against comfier trees. Such a unique ecological evolution, loved seeing this one growing prolifically at Powder Horn last summer.

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03/25/2024

Mycelial Monday:
Scaly Earhorn / Wooly Chanterelle, Turbinellus floccosus

I love watching mushroom grow through their various morphological forms. At this stage it really does look like an ear-shaped horn blowing out of the Earth. This species is widely eaten in India and Mexican; however, the U.S./Canadian specimens should be eaten with considerable consideration as some people report mild poisoning from an indigestible acid it contains.

02/22/2024

Wildflower Wednesday:
Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis

Listed as exploitable vulnerable in New York State, it is illegal to pick this flower. Both hummingbirds and butterflies are attracted to the sweet nectar contained within the cup shaped petals. Native Americans, including the Delaware and Iroquois, used the roots as a tea for stomach aches, worms, typhoid, and syphilis; however, we now know this plant is deathly poisonous if ingested. Do not eat.

02/15/2024

Wildflower Wednesday:
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Goodyera pubescens

Orchids are not just tropical, there are 81 species and 9 hybrids native to the Northeastern Temperate Forest of the US. With its distinct leaf marbling resembling snakeskin, Downy Rattlesnake Plantain is one of the most common orchids in the region. Native Americans used the leaves to treat burns, skin ulcers, and snake bites.

02/06/2024

Mycelial Monday:
Turkey Tail, Trametes versicolor

Distinguished by its multicolored, multi-textured bands, turkey tail is one of the most common mushroom species in the Northern Hemisphere. Recently, trending medicinal awareness of this ordinary woodland inhabitant in Western culture has substantially increased. However, for centuries it has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as an elixir of life, granting blessings to the consumer. Likewise, Native American cultures believed it to be a sacred inter dimensional catalyst for spiritual self-enlightenment.

01/30/2024

Mycelial Monday:
Violet Coral Fungus, Clavaria zollingeri

This gorgeous collaboration of hyphae is common throughout Northeastern North America. It feeds on decaying matter on the ground of hardwood forests. It’s edible (depending who you refer to), but the taste and quantity is insufficient. This species has a wide global distribution, but is listed as endangered in Denmark and the UK. Absolutely loved looking into these otherworldly purple communities scattered across the forest floor of Powder Horn.

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