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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PEI Untamed
katemacquarrie22
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
Witches' Broom
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! Recently, we looked at the...
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katemacquarrie22
- Nov 26
- 2 min
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 22
- 2 min
Eastern Larch
PEI’s colourful fall leaves are mostly gone, but one native tree is still putting on a show: Eastern Larch, also known as Juniper,...
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katemacquarrie22
- Nov 19
- 2 min
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 15
- 2 min
Sandstone Oxidation
With the change of seasons, my plant and fungus posts are coming to an end and my two popular winter series – PEI natural history and...
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katemacquarrie22
- Nov 12
- 2 min
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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katemacquarrie22
- Nov 12
- 3 min
Black Trumpet Salt and Kate's Farinata
Black Trumpets (Craterellus fallax) can be hard fungi to find, but they are choice edibles not easily mistaken for anything else. For...
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katemacquarrie22
- Nov 8
- 2 min
Fasciation
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! One of my favourite things...
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katemacquarrie22
- Nov 5
- 3 min
Honey Mushrooms
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 1
- 2 min
Post-Fiona: Wetland to Sand Dune
Hurricane Fiona brought many changes to our Island landscape: some dramatic, others subtle, and a few that are – paradoxically – both. ...
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katemacquarrie22
- Oct 29
- 2 min
Yellowfoot Mushrooms
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
- Oct 29
- 2 min
Kate's Wild Mushroom Soup
It’s been a great fall for fungi, and a fridge-full of Honeys, Hedgehogs, and Yellowfoot mushrooms inspired me to try them in a...
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katemacquarrie22
- Oct 25
- 2 min
Nodding Beggar's-tick
PEI’s wild plants have all sorts of innovative ways to disperse their seeds. Some use wind, others water, and a rare few go with...
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katemacquarrie22
- Oct 23
- 1 min
Casserole with Wild Mushrooms
If you or someone in your household is hesitant to try wild mushrooms, this could be the recipe for you. It's a simple chicken vegetable...
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katemacquarrie22
- Oct 22
- 2 min
Hedgehogs
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
- Oct 18
- 2 min
Yellow Ladies'-tresses
July is peak orchid season on PEI, and so I am always pleasantly surprised to run into one of our late-flowering species in fall. I came...
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katemacquarrie22
- Oct 16
- 2 min
Wild Mushroom Fettuccine Alfredo
It pays to have friends that forage (thanks, Ken!). I was recently gifted some lovely Shrimp of the Woods (Entoloma abortivum, Photo 1...
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katemacquarrie22
- Oct 15
- 2 min
Turkey Tails
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
- Oct 15
- 2 min
Turkey Tail Tea
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) is a beautiful, ecologically important fungus that has gained modern-day fame for medicinal uses that...
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