Kestrel 🌎 🇺🇲 🇨🇦
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Experiencing life on Earth from the Cascadia bioregion and Salish Sea watershed since 1975. I stand for love of ALL people and planet. This is my nature journal.
Shaggy manes were out this weekend at UBC in #VancouverBC #fungi
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Shaggy manes were out this weekend at UBC in #VancouverBC #fungi
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Fall fungi light up the forest on a wet weekend. These tiny cuties made my day. #mushrooms #natureislit
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Fall fungi light up the forest on a wet weekend. These tiny cuties made my day. #mushrooms #natureislit
Saw some cuties on the trail today. They're having a party, for sure. #fungi #mushrooms #capitolforest
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Saw some cuties on the trail today. They're having a party, for sure. #fungi #mushrooms #capitolforest
There's nothing better to cheer me up than going for a quick walk in the neighborhood between rain showers and coming home with a pocket full of boletes! #mushrooms
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
There's nothing better to cheer me up than going for a quick walk in the neighborhood between rain showers and coming home with a pocket full of boletes! #mushrooms
There are many varieties of mushrooms on the shelf for sale in a Kyoto grocery store. Yum! #mushrooms
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
There are many varieties of mushrooms on the shelf for sale in a Kyoto grocery store. Yum! #mushrooms
Sulphur tufts?? in a bright patch of sun in Nara, Japan. #fungus #mushrooms
October 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Sulphur tufts?? in a bright patch of sun in Nara, Japan. #fungus #mushrooms
Numerous clusters of these #mushrooms at the base of an old stump on the grounds of Kennin-ji Temple, the oldest Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, founded in 1202.
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Numerous clusters of these #mushrooms at the base of an old stump on the grounds of Kennin-ji Temple, the oldest Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, founded in 1202.
Multiple Artist's brackets, (Ganoderma applanatum), with a cautionary cone covering a hole in the ground from a decayed tree stump. Fun to see a familiar fungi on the grounds of Osaka Castle! #mushroommonday #fabulousfungi #Osaka
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Multiple Artist's brackets, (Ganoderma applanatum), with a cautionary cone covering a hole in the ground from a decayed tree stump. Fun to see a familiar fungi on the grounds of Osaka Castle! #mushroommonday #fabulousfungi #Osaka
During WWII, many Europeans were hungry so they foraged #mushrooms on the forest floor. Many ate them fried on sourdough bread. Tonight's dinner is an homage to my German ancestors: foraged Red-cracking boletes boiled and sauteed in butter with garlic, bread crumbs,salt and pepper on sourdough.
October 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
During WWII, many Europeans were hungry so they foraged #mushrooms on the forest floor. Many ate them fried on sourdough bread. Tonight's dinner is an homage to my German ancestors: foraged Red-cracking boletes boiled and sauteed in butter with garlic, bread crumbs,salt and pepper on sourdough.
I finished up processing my latest golden chanterelles (Cantharellus formosus) haul by dry sauteing and then freezing them. The excitement of finding a big haul of mushrooms is followed by the long chore of processing them before they go bad. Luckily, chantrelles can last a week+ in the fridge.
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I finished up processing my latest golden chanterelles (Cantharellus formosus) haul by dry sauteing and then freezing them. The excitement of finding a big haul of mushrooms is followed by the long chore of processing them before they go bad. Luckily, chantrelles can last a week+ in the fridge.
Beautiful Lake Quinnault in the evening sun! 🌞 Fall is here. Rain is coming.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Beautiful Lake Quinnault in the evening sun! 🌞 Fall is here. Rain is coming.
This is the cutest Ganoderma oregonense I have ever seen. Standing tall, new, and covered in brown spores that look like cocoa powder. #medicinalmushrooms #fungi #forest #reishi
October 8, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This is the cutest Ganoderma oregonense I have ever seen. Standing tall, new, and covered in brown spores that look like cocoa powder. #medicinalmushrooms #fungi #forest #reishi
Another day, another weekend, comes to a close with the setting sun. And with it, our last camping weekend of the year. #sunset #pacificocean
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Another day, another weekend, comes to a close with the setting sun. And with it, our last camping weekend of the year. #sunset #pacificocean
Sunset arrived at 6:40pm PST on 10/5/25 on the Washington coast over the Pacific Ocean.
October 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Sunset arrived at 6:40pm PST on 10/5/25 on the Washington coast over the Pacific Ocean.
I found a sea of coral fungi in the rainforest on the Olympic peninsula this weekend. Such beauties!
October 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I found a sea of coral fungi in the rainforest on the Olympic peninsula this weekend. Such beauties!
Waiting for sunset. #pacificocean #wacoast
October 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Waiting for sunset. #pacificocean #wacoast
West coast reishi, (Ganoderma oregonense) is fresh and growing right now deep in the forests on fir trees. It is still very soft! The cocoa powder like substance on the left one is the spores. Some people like to taste them. Other people use the shelf fungus medicinally. I dry and powder it for tea.
September 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
West coast reishi, (Ganoderma oregonense) is fresh and growing right now deep in the forests on fir trees. It is still very soft! The cocoa powder like substance on the left one is the spores. Some people like to taste them. Other people use the shelf fungus medicinally. I dry and powder it for tea.
A fun club weekend camp and foray on the Wynoochee River in Olympic National Forest last weekend! It's been warm and dry, but the weather changed today. Found me some lobster mushrooms and chantrelles. They are tasty and plentiful around these parts. What are you finding? #cascadia #foray #fungi
September 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dyer's polypore grows on living conifer trees and indicates the presence of brown rot. This older specimen has a beautiful deep red color on top with purple grey pores underneath. As the name suggests, it can be used for dyeing yarn or fabric. #fungi #polypores #cascadia
September 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Dyer's polypore grows on living conifer trees and indicates the presence of brown rot. This older specimen has a beautiful deep red color on top with purple grey pores underneath. As the name suggests, it can be used for dyeing yarn or fabric. #fungi #polypores #cascadia