Slowing Down in Nature
A Guest Blog by Christian Turek “Complete freedom is not what a trail offers. Quite the opposite; a trail is a tactful reduction of options.”…
Tag: fungi
Sulphur Tuft – Hypholoma fasciculare
Fungi represent a challenge when it comes to natural compasses. We can use them to make maps quite easily, but they don’t photosynthesise, so their…
Parasol Fungi
The parasol fungus (Macrolepiota procera) is a common, large and easy to identify fungus. It is well-known amongst foragers. As the name suggests it has…
Wild and Fruity Map
It’s that time of year, the hedges and forest floors and bursting into fruit. I have written a guest blog for the Idler Magazine all…
Wine Glass Tree Roots
Most people imagine trees have roots that plunge down and then spread out, with a shape similar to the tree’s canopy above the ground. In…
The Beechwood Sickener – Russula nobilis
The photo above shows a mushroom known as the Beechwood Sickener – Russula nobilis. As the name would suggest, this is a poisonous fungus. In…
Navigating Using Lichens
Golden lichens on south side of a staddle stone Lichens can help us to find our way, once we know how. Lichens are a partnership…