Archive for November, 2010
Whether you collect mushrooms for fun, for food, or for profit, proper identification is key. Making a spore print to see the spore color will help to avoid mistakes. Some mushrooms are easy to identify because of their distinctive appearance. For example, the edible shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus) and the toxic fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) [...]
Tags: mushroom identification, spore print, spores, techniques
I just got back from four days of camping in the Rockies with about 250 6th graders. If you are interested in what those four days were like (cold, sunny, tiring!) you can check out my teacher blog at Mister McIntosh Says. The most recent three posts describe that experience. The location was High Trails, [...]
Tags: lichens, montane life zone, Rocky Mountains
