2007 September 10 archive at Robert Pogson

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Mushrooms of Shamattawa

Published by Robert Pogson September 10th, 2007 in Teaching. 0 Comments

After ten days in Shamattawa, I can say one of the great things about being here is the mushrooms. Look what I find within a few hundred metres of my house:

Species I have identified so far:

Suillus – plentiful everywhere
Leccinum boreale – scattered under spruce, pine and poplar
Shaggy Mane – a few places along bull-dozed roads
Short-stemmed bolete/Suillus brevipes – scattered under spruce and pine
Gem-studded puffball – in yards, roadsides and scattered throughout spruce, pine and poplar
Sarcodon imbricatus – scattered under pine/spruce – small so far, not like Wasagamack where they were giants.

More pictures:

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