katemacquarrie22May 263 minWild CarrotSpring is the perfect time for foraging PEI’s wild root vegetables.  I’ve written before about Evening Primrose...
katemacquarrie22Oct 29, 20232 minYellowfoot MushroomsAs a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
katemacquarrie22Oct 29, 20232 minKate's Wild Mushroom SoupIt’s been a great fall for fungi, and a fridge-full of Honeys, Hedgehogs, and Yellowfoot mushrooms inspired me to try them in a...
katemacquarrie22Oct 15, 20232 minTurkey TailsAs a professional botanist, I don’t know my mushrooms well, but I am working to learn more. This fall, I’m sharing some easily...
katemacquarrie22Oct 15, 20232 minTurkey Tail TeaTurkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) is a beautiful, ecologically important fungus that has gained modern-day fame for medicinal uses that...
katemacquarrie22Jun 7, 20233 minNasty (and Nice) NettlesWe usually associate stingers with insects and venom with snakes. But there is a plant on PEI that has both and is far nastier than any...