by Marjorie Rachlin This is a great summer for mushrooms. A walk in the neighborhood or in the woods of Rock Creek will show you an amazing variety of shapes […]
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Backyard Nature: The wild and wonderful world of mushrooms
by Marjorie Rachlin This is a good time of the year for mushrooms – and for people who love to look for them. Mushrooms come in an astonishing variety, and […]
Photos: Mushrooms “bloom” in Rock Creek Park
Our unusually rainy July and August have done some damage, to be sure. But it’s also been great for mushroom lovers (we admit to being slightly obsessed). These were spotted […]
Mushrooms Amongst Drips In Melvin Hazen
Many thanks to Jon Ellifritz and Connie Durnan of the Mycological Association of Washington (MAW) for leading Marlene Berlin and Pat Davies on a rather wet mushroom walk on Saturday, […]
Just One More Thing About Mushrooms (We Swear)
by Marlene Berlin I told a friend about my new obsession with mushrooms on Monday night. She emailed me Tuesday morning about Monday’s Diane Rehm show on WAMU. The topic? […]
Backyard Nature: Fascinating Fungi
“This is a good time of the year for mushrooms – and for people who love to look for them.” Marjorie Rachlin, our late neighbor, nature writer and nature lover, […]
Backyard Nature: In the fall, strange plants called “beech drops” drop in
by Marlene Berlin In the fall, as acorns rain down on our heads and mushrooms abound, another rather strange plant pops up: the beech drop. This year, they are ubiquitous. […]
Our 2020 Ward 3 voter guide: From the at-large Council seats to ANC 3F
We’re updating this article periodically with candidate questionnaires and other information as they are published. New on 10/6: ANC candidate questionnaires. We’re pretty sure you’ve made up your mind about […]
Backyard Nature: Some delights of nature to look for as summer slides into fall
by Marjorie Rachlin In September I make a trip to Rock Creek Park to see how the Chinese chestnut trees are doing. These trees were planted nearly a hundred years […]
Photos: Walking off Covid-19 worries in Rock Creek Park
by Marlene Berlin I slept fitfully Sunday night. Downpours interrupted my sleep at times. When I awoke the next morning, I had one thing on my mind: to get into […]