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katemacquarrie22
7 days ago3 min read
The Story of PEI Part 4: Glaciation
PEI has experienced many ice ages over its long history, but the landscape we know and love today was shaped by the most recent – the...
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katemacquarrie22
Feb 53 min read
Burls vs. Galls
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist, your own personal Google for information on all things natural on PEI. Winter is great time to spot...
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katemacquarrie22
Jan 223 min read
Winter Spiders
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist, your own personal Google for information on all things natural on PEI! Today’s topic is courtesy of...
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katemacquarrie22
Jan 153 min read
The Story of PEI Part 2: Fossils
Some may say that PEI is geologically boring, but I think nothing could be further from the truth! Our sandstone bedrock holds...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 8, 20243 min read
Blue Roundhead
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s fascinating fungi. We’ve reached the end of mushroom season – and this...
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katemacquarrie22
Dec 1, 20242 min read
Spruce Sprite
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today’s mushroom may be small, but that...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 24, 20243 min read
Scaber Stalks
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...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 17, 20243 min read
Orange Jelly Spot
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. ‘Mushroom’ usually evokes the stereotypical...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 13, 20243 min read
Labrador Tea
Fall is a great time to collect some of PEI’s aromatic wild leaves, perfect for spicing up food and drink during the cold winter months....
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 10, 20243 min read
Slimy Spike
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday! (A day early this week to respect Remembrance Day). ‘Slime veil’ probably isn’t a phrase you expected...
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katemacquarrie22
Nov 6, 20243 min read
Wintergreen
PEI’s gardens and farm fields may be winding down for the year, but there’s still lots of fresh wild food in the landscape. It’s the...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 30, 20243 min read
Old Man's Beard Lichens
In honour of Halloween, let’s look at something that can make PEI’s trees look decidedly eerie: Old Man’s Beard Lichens ( Usnea  spp.)...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 27, 20243 min read
Red-belted Polypore
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Mushroom identification doesn’t get much...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 20, 20243 min read
Fly Agaric
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today’s mushroom is large, showy, common, and...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 13, 20242 min read
Artist's Conk
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s one of our common polypores,...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 6, 20243 min read
Milkcaps
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Last week we explored the Russula group (aka...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 29, 20242 min read
Russula
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s not one species, but a group: the...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Highbush Cranberry
It’s been a great growing season on PEI, and our fall fruits are showing the result. Wild berries are everywhere right now, including the...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 22, 20242 min read
Coral Fungi
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, a weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. The word ‘mushroom’ usually brings to mind...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 15, 20242 min read
Ornate-stalked Bolete
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, a weekly look at some of PEI’s beginner-level fungi. Today it’s the distinctive Ornate-stalked Bolete (...
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