Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s fascinating fungi.  Today we have not one species but a whole group that’s both reasonably easy to identify and edible: Suillus  species, many of which are called Slippery Jacks. The first thing you’ll notice about a Slippery Jack is the feature that gives it that common name: a somewhat slimy or sticky cap. These mushrooms do indeed look slippery, especially after rain. Peek under that cap and you’ll see Slip

PEI’s dry summer has made for poor mushroom hunting so far. My go-to spots have yielded just a handful of edible Chanterelles and Meadow...

Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today, it’s not one mushroom, but an entire...

Welcome back to Mushroom Monday! (A day early this week to respect Remembrance Day).  ‘Slime veil’ probably isn’t a phrase you expected...

Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, a weekly look at some of PEI’s beginner-level fungi. Today it’s the distinctive Ornate-stalked Bolete (...