I found some Bear’s Head Tooth mushroom growing deep inside a hollow in the base of a tall dead tree. I rinsed the mushroom as best I could and lightly […]
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Cinnabar-Red Chanterelle
I found a small patch of Cinnabar-Red Chanterelles today. I cooked up a few of them to try out. They had a tame mushroom flavor and texture. I could enjoy […]
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Honey Mushroom
I have found several large masses of Honey Mushrooms on dead and living trees, sometimes on the same trees as Hen of the Woods mushrooms. First Attempt – 9/26/2011 I […]
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Hayes Nature Park
I made a quick stop at Hayes Nature Preserve today. It is a really nice park just north of Thoroughbred Way in Clifton Park. The land was recently acquired and […]
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Hen of the Woods
I have found several large groups of Hen of the Woods mushrooms in the woods not too far from my house. I will need to remember the secret coordinates because […]
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Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve
I took a short walk through the Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve this morning. The preserve was only recently acquired. As of today it is still pretty wild, but trailwork and […]
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Painted Suillus Mushroom
Mushrooms have been really abundant around here after all the rain we saw. Today I came across a Painted Suillus mushroom and brought it home and cooked it up for […]
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Fishing the Wynantskill
I fished the Wynantskill in West Sand Lake before work and again after work. The day was overcast and a bit rainy. It was a chilly morning. Small trout, maybe […]
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Cohoes Falls
A fishing dock was built just for the purpose of fishing below the dam. There are also handicapped accessible fishing docks above the falls. The Waterford flight of docks looks […]
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Dwaas Kill Kayak Fail
I tried kayaking the Dwaas kill starting at the intersection of Plank and Kinns Road. I hopped in, and after about 100 feet of climbing over logs and crashing through […]
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