Welcome 2020 and many thanks ...
- For a wonderful mushrooming year in 2019, made memorable by anticipation and fulfillment.
- For the joys of sharing last mushrooming trips with my beloved husband, Steven. Even though he was no longer able to traverse the wooded areas of the coast and mountains, he took pleasure in the photographs of what I found on the forest floor and encouraged me with his wisdom and kindness.
- For the opportunity to forage with long time friend, Terry, a retired Forest Service employee who many years ago had fostered a love in me of all things fungal.
- For the sheer pleasure of sharing my fungal knowledge with others, teaching them a rational and safe approach to collecting with an emphasis on conservation and preservation of the landscape.
- For investigating and developing skills in mushroom related activities such as dyeing and cultivation.
- For the gift of living in a fungal world made remarkable by its mystery and melange.
- For the knowledge that what lies ahead is more challenging and exciting and engaging than I can ever image.
Woodlovers stole the show on this
stump intended to highlight the hosta.