According to the calendar, winter began with the winter solstice of Dec. 21. It will end at the time of the vernal equinox March 21. As we travel through these days of the cold season, we might note ...

It took until after the middle of June, approaching the summer solstice time, but the deciduous woods of the Northland has finally reached full leafing of all the trees. Even those slow to respond ...

Red-belted polypore - the name trips off the tongue. I was out in the woods the other day and found a beautiful medium-sized specimen growing out of a long dead log. This was a red-belted polypore, a ...

Before most of the other fungi make their appearance in the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region, specimens of sulphur shelf fungus (Laetiporus gilbertsonii) appear like bright ...

Red-belted polypore - the name trips off the tongue. I was out in the woods the other day and found a beautiful medium-sized specimen growing out of a long dead log. This was a red-belted polypore, a ...

Nov. 15—Conditions are quite different today as I step into the early November woods for a walk. With the leaf drop and the not-yet snow cover, the forest is very open, and I see plenty of things that ...

Rainy weather can cause mushrooms to sprout in lawns and mulch. “That’s fine,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “What’s not fine is when you see ...