I love Russulas. There’s something so solid about them, something so sure. I love the colors of their caps, in all shades of warms and cools, atop a stout stem. There’s a certain lack of ambivalence about them that makes them so assuredly Russulas when you find them in the forest duff. Just don’t ask [...]
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So Sure the Russula
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mushroom art, mushroom illustration, mushroom painting, Russulas, watercolor on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Morchella Mania
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged morchella, morchella mania, morel mania, morels, mushroom art, mushroom illustration on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
they’re coming…
So It Was Really Hot…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn mushrooms, Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Recreation Area, mushroom art, mushroom illustration, NYC mushrooms, Project Noah, slippery jack, Suillus luteus, watercolor on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So it was really hot last summer. Like really really hot. This did not bode well for finding mushrooms in NYC or even upstate NY during the summer of 2010. It was a time to lay low and drink a lot of ice water laced with a dollop of honey and a squeeze of lemon [...]
It’s Too Hot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chantrelles, heat, shrooms on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s much too hot here on the East Coast. It hasn’t rained in weeks it seems. It’s too hot to do anything outside, it’s too hot to do anything inside. Between jobs, I’ve spent the last few 100+ degree days painting and reading, cooling off with honey-lemon ice water, fresh watermelon, fresh peaches, and ice [...]
Order Your Squamuluscious Mushroom T-shirt By June 30th!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged New York Mycological Society, NYMS tshirt on June 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hope you’re having a fabulous start to the summer! And guess what, it’s mushroom season, which means that with the rain, sun and heat, our fungus friends are starting to pop up all over the place. There’s no better time than now to impress your friends with mycological terminology by ordering a New York Mycological [...]
Get Your Squamulose T-shirt!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mushroom t-shirt, squamulose on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been illustrating mycological terms for the New York Mycological Society newsletter lately. The last term I illustrated was “squamulose”, as described in my last post. I am delighted that the “squamulose” design is going to be printed as the next New York Mycological Society t-shirt! They’re available in black or brown and in sizes [...]
Something Squamulose This Way Comes…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Central Park, Dryad's saddle, Networked Organisms and Habitats, NOAH, NYC mushrooms, Polyporus squamosus, Prospect Park, squamulose on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s word is Squamulose. In mycology and botany, it means to be covered in scales. Rather appropo, because today I was checking up on some odd mushroom growth on a stump that I saw the other day in Prospect Park. They reminded me of roasted marshmallows or some kind of puff pastry, and I do [...]
Ceci n’est pas une Cortinaire
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mushroom illustration, mushroom painting, mushrooms for dinner on April 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ha ha well wouldn’t you know it, I was completely wrong about my last post. I learned this after talking to Gary Lincoff yesterday about mushrooms that are emerging right now. He says it’s too early for Cortinarius to be coming up and that the cobwebby veils appear in other mushrooms as well. And given [...]
Cortinarius=Cobwebs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brooklyn mushrooms, Chinatown mushrooms, Cortinarius, Mount Prospect Park, mycelium, mystery mushrooms, NOAH, Prospect Park, spring mushrooms on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, so sorry for the long lapse in posts. I’ve been experiencing a kind of dormancy much like in the mushroom world this time of the year in these parts of the states. But, I got to go on two Chinatown mushroom tours of Manhattan led by Gary Lincoff and have tried a few more [...]
Reishi Makes a Bitter Tea
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Reishi, Ling zhi, Chinatown Mushroom Foray, Unami Food and Art Festival, Chinatown
