Exploring Misty Mountains

Odaon said:
Love it! Thanks for sharing.

Not 100%, we don't get them in Colorado, but I think that shelf fungus with the Kephart on it, the reddish one, might be Ganoderma species. Also known as Reishi. A sought after medicinal.
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That is definitely Ganoderma tsugae. I live just down the eastern side of the smokies in North Carolina and our woods are filled with them from mid May until early autumn.

Monarda didyma is my favorite edible flower. Good to see they are still coming up there.
 
Odaon said:
Love it! Thanks for sharing.

Not 100%, we don't get them in Colorado, but I think that shelf fungus with the Kephart on it, the reddish one, might be Ganoderma species. Also known as Reishi. A sought after medicinal.
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Sorry, you mus have commented while I was replying to the others and I totally missed this one, sorry.

Thank you! I started researching some of the things I found as soon as I got home, and had figured it was Ganoderma tsugae and was looking into the medicinal properties. Though it isn't a great site, I did find some info on it on Web MD even.


Sjostygg said:
That is definitely Ganoderma tsugae. I live just down the eastern side of the smokies in North Carolina and our woods are filled with them from mid May until early autumn.

Monarda didyma is my favorite edible flower. Good to see they are still coming up there.
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Thanks for the input. We have some here locally further south, but not nearly as much as I saw up there. It was good seeing all of the bee balm, we don't have too much of that around here either.
 
Sjostygg said:
That is definitely Ganoderma tsugae. I live just down the eastern side of the smokies in North Carolina and our woods are filled with them from mid May until early autumn.

Monarda didyma is my favorite edible flower. Good to see they are still coming up there.
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Thanks for the confirmation!! I've heard it's a really great medicinal. Lots of good properties.

No worries Brian. There's a ton of information online about Reishi. I don't know much myself.
 
mistwalker said:
It really was, and lol, that is Cabot tomato and basil.
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It looks delicious. Some nice bread and cheese on a hike sounds really good. Unfortunately, it's in the 90s here with mid-60s humidity. I guess I'll have to wait another month.
 
Great pics. Looks like fun was had by all. These pics bring back memories of when my parents used to take us to the Smokies. Such a beautiful area.
 
Hotshot10 said:
It looks delicious. Some nice bread and cheese on a hike sounds really good. Unfortunately, it's in the 90s here with mid-60s humidity. I guess I'll have to wait another month.
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I think it's really good. I cut it into more manageable sized pieces and slide it down into my water bottle carrier with the bottle filled with iced or cold water and it keeps well :)
 
Odaon said:
Thanks for the confirmation!! I've heard it's a really great medicinal. Lots of good properties.

No worries Brian. There's a ton of information online about Reishi. I don't know much myself.
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I process G. tsugae every year for medicine. Very potent stuff, Lion's Mane rears its head about the same time and plays very well with reishi.
 
Lions mane is another species we don't have here. Lots of fun stuff out there that I never get to see!
 
Love to come along on your sojourns, Mist! Like others said, that copperhead was hidden in plain sight. Gorgeous scenery!
 
NoFair said:
Sweet pics Brian. Good to see your daughter out in the wilderness :thumbup:
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Thanks man, yeah she still like the woods just fine, especially when there is water to be played in :)


RicFlair said:
Great pics. Looks like fun was had by all. These pics bring back memories of when my parents used to take us to the Smokies. Such a beautiful area.
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It is a really beautiful area. I have been going up there since my parents started taking me when I was little, and I have never gotten tired of it :)


Gevonovich said:
Love to come along on your sojourns, Mist! Like others said, that copperhead was hidden in plain sight. Gorgeous scenery!
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Thanks man. I have tried that before, and due to all of the talking, we never got to see most of the things the person enjoyed about my posts...so I have learned if I want to see the wildlife it's just better if I go alone. :)


Scotcha said:
I might sound like a broken record but awesome post and pics!!!
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Thank you Abe, very glad you enjoyed it! It will make for a better view if I can land a lighter handled custom shop mid tech, or hand made Kephart for the next trip, but if not I will make do with the one I have. In the project I am working the Kephart figures prominently due to my fondness of the model, the way it suits the theme of the project, and because I will be working in Horace's old stomping grounds. So it has to be involved :) I have spent all day trying to figure out how to afford a lacewood one I found, but I will have to recover some from a lot of recent expenses before I can. If it lasts that long, it will be perfect I think.
 
Hi! Great pics and a wonderful landscape :thumbup:. It looks like you had a great outdoor time with the family! Good! It's always a pleasure for me to read through your posts. I have a very similar way to enjoy outdoor and Nature and your posts are inspiring for me! Thanks for sharing! :) . Take care.
 
Herlock said:
Hi! Great pics and a wonderful landscape :thumbup:. It looks like you had a great outdoor time with the family! Good! It's always a pleasure for me to read through your posts. I have a very similar way to enjoy outdoor and Nature and your posts are inspiring for me! Thanks for sharing! :) . Take care.
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Hi Herlock! Thank you, it was definitely a great time. That is a mutual thing, as I always love viewing your threads as well. Your photo threads from the Italian countryside are simply amazing!
 
Mist' I half expected to see the snake on the Barbie... :-)

As alway, great pics my friend.
 
Roemer1 said:
Mist' I half expected to see the snake on the Barbie... :-)

As alway, great pics my friend.
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Thanks Brit. Actually he was so chilled out and well behaved while I studied him, I just couldn't bother him at all, even though I actually wanted him to move and stretch out for another shot for my data base. He did keep an eye on me the whole time, but he never moved once even with all of the times I moved around him. I made a pact with the forests here years ago when I was living in them, and promised I would never harm anything accept in times of hunger or in self defense. I have not gone back on my word on that in over 35 years, and so far nothing in these forests has ever attacked me. I feel more at home in these woods than I do anywhere else, and the woods have always accepted me as one of their own...
 
So, I'm the only one who finds the glow-in-the-dark mushroom odd and interesting?
 
mistwalker said:
So, I'm the only one who finds the glow-in-the-dark mushroom odd and interesting?
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Interesting? Yes. Odd, no.

Bioluminescent life is increasingly being discovered around the world. AND, man never content to leaving things alone, are now genetically manipulating life to help detect disease and serve other purposes.

Hey, maybe use it to track ex-cons, like convicted sex predators, and those out on bail, among others.

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Ronin_Jedi said:
Interesting? Yes. Odd, no.

Bioluminescent life is increasingly being discovered around the world. AND, man never content to leaving things alone, are now genetically manipulating life to help detect disease and serve other purposes.

Hey, maybe use it to track ex-cons, like convicted sex predators, and those out on bail, among others.

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I've become increasingly interested in fungi the last several years. Not just for the edible ones, but for other reasons. I read a piece on the radiation eating fungi popping up in Chernobyl and since then I have been paying a lot more attention to which mushrooms and fungi show up where and what they are on. I have always known that everything in natures serves specific purposes, but the radiation thing really caught my attention. As for the bio-luminescent mushrooms, I have been wandering the woods here in the same mountain range, just further south, all of my life day and night, but that was the first time I had seen that. Now I will be making more trips to the woods starting in the evening rather than in the morning :)
 
mistwalker said:
I've become increasingly interested in fungi the last several years. Not just for the edible ones, but for other reasons. I read a piece on the radiation eating fungi popping up in Chernobyl and since then I have been paying a lot more attention to which mushrooms and fungi show up where and what they are on. I have always known that everything in natures serves specific purposes, but the radiation thing really caught my attention. As for the bio-luminescent mushrooms, I have been wandering the woods here in the same mountain range, just further south, all of my life day and night, but that was the first time I had seen that. Now I will be making more trips to the woods starting in the evening rather than in the morning :)
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I agree on everything in nature having a role. They've recently found bacteria that can digest plastics floating in the oceans.

Bioluminescent mushrooms in the woods: see, further evidence of them "eating" radiation!!!!! Ha ha ha.

By the way (BTW): largest known mushroom **I think** is in Canada; huge network of rhizomes underground, if memory serves.

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