the autumn-time is a treasure hunt in the forest; while i've been working on my plant collection for school, i needed a break and replaced my plastic plant-specimen collectors' box with some brown paper bags and went looking for the little fungi that have been growing in the underbrush. my favourites are chanterelles and boletes, but every mushroom hunt yields surprises and strange regional variety. on saturday we went hiking in lynn canyon, and didn't go very far from the gravel trail to find these colourful varieties.
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| shrimp russelas |
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| angel-wings, a small variety of oyster mushrooms |
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| varnish conk; good for immune-system boosting tea |
