Finding snakes is one of my favourite springtime activities. Cooler weather means they spend more time sunning themselves in the open,...

King Boletes (aka Porcini) are among the best edible wild mushrooms on Prince Edward Island. You can learn how to identify them in this blog post: https://www.pei-untamed.com/post/king-boletes---wild-porcini-mushrooms. There are tons of great recipes around for using fresh King Boletes, and these mushrooms dry well if you are lucky enough to have excess on hand. If you're new to fresh Porcini, here are two simple cooking techniques. Fried Kings My favourite way to enjoy Ki

One of my favourite things about PEI’s wild foods is how they sometimes appear when you least expect it. On two different outings recently, I wasn’t looking for fungi but found King Boletes (aka Porcini, Boletus edulis group), including some on my own property! These are expensive, gourmet mushrooms that are hard to find in stores, but commonly found growing wild on the Island. Photo 1: Although the younger specimen on the left would be considered choice, the older specimen

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal ‘Google’ for all things wild on PEI! I recently received some photos from Pamela...

Welcome to a new series I’m trying out for 2023 – Ask a Naturalist! Do you have a question about plants, animals, or habitats but Google...