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 and colors. My recent article in Forest Hills Connection (“The wild and wonderful world of mushrooms”) sparked interest, and friends began to send me interesting […]
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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 they are everywhere. The photo above shows a clump in a Forest Hills lawn, and you will find them in your garden, in tree beds […]
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 in Rock Creek Park earlier this month. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”8″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”600″ gallery_height=”400″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”10″ show_thumbnail_link=”1″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show picture list]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] We have […]
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, October 12th. Marge Rachlin tried to join us, but the ground was just too slippery for her. Jon is an official mushroom identifier. Most of […]
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? Mushrooms, of course, and the people who are taking their obsession to another level entirely. I caught part of it, but wanted to share it […]
Opinion: Angry and discouraged about… everything? A walk might help.
by Marlene Berlin Like many of you, I feel anger at President Trump’s takeover in DC. Some anger, also, is directed at DC elected officials – the mayor and Council – whom I believe have ignored or downplayed evidence of growing crime in apartment buildings and other pressing issues. To ward off anger and despair, […]
Backyard Nature: Slime mold brings people together
by Marlene Berlin On my many hikes in Rock Creek Park, I often get to meet wonderful and interesting people who teach me wonderful and interesting things. That’s what happened one day in July. I happened upon a trio of hikers who had stepped off the trail a bit. They were examining something – yellow […]
Backyard Nature: At least the fungi are having fun
The weather is hot. It has been so very damp. And it’s no one’s idea of a good time, unless you are part of the mushroom family. Mushrooms are sprouting and thriving in our wet and oven-like weather, and can been seen in large numbers and varieties along the Rock Creek Park trails. In July […]
It was hot. It was dry. And all I wanted was a rain bath.
by Marlene Berlin Have you heard of the Japanese art of forest bathing? Hillwood has been guiding visitors on these meditative walks in nature. What I longed for was a rain bath. We were several days into July. Heat had settled in, and the forecasts foretold of even higher temperatures to come. As I lugged […]
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, wrote those words around this time three years ago. And she had a lot more to say about the wild, wonderful and sometimes strange world […]
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