On PEI, wild food is everywhere. While walking to a meeting in downtown Charlottetown recently, I spotted some delicious, edible...

This spring, I’ve been introducing you to some of PEI’s early-season fungi. Today’s example hits the trifecta: it’s common, easy to...

This spring, I’m exploring some of PEI’s early-fruiting fungi, and today’s example sounds more like a pastry than a mushroom. Meet Amber...

The word ‘mushroom’ often conjures up an image of a white or brown cap-and-stem fungus, but mushrooms come in a variety of shapes, sizes,...

When I think ‘spring mushrooms’, Morels and False Morels are the first that come to mind. We have both here on PEI and – despite the...

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...

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...

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, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. ‘Mushroom’ usually evokes the stereotypical...

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, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. I’ve been seeing today’s mushroom all over the...

Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Mushroom identification doesn’t get much...

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...

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

Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, a weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s the beautiful Purple-gilled Laccaria...

September marks the return of Mushroom Mondays! Let’s start the season with some common, easy-to-identify choice edibles: Meadow...

The fantastic rain PEI has had over the past week has encouraged our wild fungi to start fruiting, and Chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.)...

I’m always on the lookout for new-to-me PEI fungi and so was pleased to spot a choice edible species during one of my recent plant...

We’ve lost our nature literacy.  Here’s why that matters. It wasn’t that long ago that just about every Islander knew how to catch a...

If decorating a tree is part of your December routine, you’re not alone. PEI’s Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) have been doing...