Tag Archives: Fungi

A Fondness for Fungi: Fall Findlings

Posted on September 28, 2018 by krikitarts

Our autumn started five days ago here in northern Minnesota and our woods are fairly flourishing with many varieties of fungi. I love hiking at this time of year and take considerable care to find as many as I can … Continue reading →

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A Fondness for Fungi: Coral Cathedral

Posted on September 7, 2018 by krikitarts

I’ve been working on a nature trail for a couple of decades in our south seven acres of forest here in northern Minnesota. I look forward to this time of year with special anticipation, to see what delights will appear. … Continue reading →

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A Fondness for Fungi: Late oysters

Posted on October 13, 2016 by krikitarts

I was only at the cabin for a few days and only had time for one walk in our woods, a little more than a week ago, but this year’s crop of mushrooms was the most prolific I can remember. … Continue reading →

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A Fondness for Fungi: Birch Boletes(?)

Posted on October 9, 2016 by krikitarts

I’m back at home after several days at the cabin, during which I had no time at all to pay any attention either new posts or comments from my WordPress pals. In fact, it may be a week or more … Continue reading →

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A fondness for fungi: Turkey tail

Posted on August 26, 2016 by krikitarts

I was finally able to go for a hike in our woods today, but my old path was so congested with windfall trees in the wake of the big windstorm a little over a month ago that I spent nearly … Continue reading →

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Fabulous and free—and in the Nik of time

Posted on August 11, 2016 by krikitarts

I have just learned, in a post on another website, that Google+, which bought the Nik software suite, is now  (since April) offering it to everyone at no cost–in fact, if it’s to be believed, they say that anyone who … Continue reading →

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Melancholy Monday: Mellow mix

Posted on October 26, 2015 by krikitarts

We’ve just returned from what we thought would be our last visit to the cabin for the year, but the construction projects are not yet finished, so there will need to be one more.         By the time we left, practically … Continue reading →

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A Fondness for Fungi: Northern Minnesota, early September

Posted on September 15, 2015 by krikitarts

One of the changes that I look forward to each year in late summer is the appearance of many varieties of fungi in the north woods. I was not disappointed when we were there last week, and I always keep … Continue reading →

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Webnesday (26)

Posted on May 19, 2015 by krikitarts

Today’s spider is one that I haven’t presented before. It’s a tiny one, and I was surprised on the one hand to find it ensconced under an old, dry mushroom this early in the year, but not so much after … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Tuesday debut

Posted on May 19, 2015 by krikitarts

In response to a comment by one of my earliest blogging buddies, Adrian, that he made in response to my last post, this is the inaugural publication of a new category.  I am fond of experimenting with digital tools and, … Continue reading →

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