Hiking and Mushrooming on the Bruce Trail (2019)

The Bruce Trail is 1400kms of maintained trail that winds the Niagara Escarpment connecting the southern deciduous with the northern mixed forests of Ontario, Canada.

The Escarpment itself is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. This international designation doesn't legislatively protect the area, but it assists local efforts like those of the Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC).

The BTC is a non-profit with 10,000 members which aims to officially protect 900kms of trail (and 500kms of side trails) connecting the Niagara River to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula.

My family's hobby is hiking and looking for new species of mushrooms. Here are a few photos of our forays on the Bruce in 2019:


Ricky (neighbour)

unidentified - slime mold?

Fascinating carved logs near our house
young summer oyster mushrooms

Mycena

Earthstar and slug
spider was bigger than it looks
Something special I hadn't seen before. It's a deciduous tree and a conifer living in magical synergy.

This may be a rare Cherry Birch (near Brock University)

when you find that fab chanterelle

we ate some of these. really good.



Raccoon grave site

jelly ear?




clavarioid coral mushroom 

ghost pipe

The deadly Destroying Angel, one of the most dangerous mushrooms

Amanita Muscaria is psychoactive 

Artist Conk, named so because you can draw pictures on its white underside





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