As I was working from home yesterday and not doing my normal bike ride, I decided to do a longer ride over the hills to the post office to pick up the Japanese seeds (different post)…I arrived home 3 hours later with a haul of, mostly, winter chantarelles / traktkantarell….I just couldn’t not pick them when I saw them :( Guess what I’ll be doing tonight :)
Map of the area: I was mostly in the woods between Pedersborg and the bridge over the motorway where it says Øvre…
Woodpigeons / ringdue at Årli
Woodpigeons / ringdue at Årli
Woodpigeons / ringdue at Årli
Pedersborg and Forbordfjellet
Viewpoint over Malvikodden
Viewpoint over Malvikodden
Viewpoint over Malvikodden and Malvik cemetery
Narrow path
A lot of walking…
1 minute into the woods and a champignon (Agaricus spp.)
2 mins. into the woods and I had to pick these winter chantarelles / traktkantarell…I’d heard rumours of large amounts, but hadn’t planned to pick until later…
Winter chantarelles / traktkantarell
Winter chantarelles / traktkantarell can be almost black coloured and difficult to spot…
Lactarius scrobiculatus (svovelriske) can be large. This milkcap is considered inedible here and is very acrid..
Lactarius scrobiculatus (svovelriske) with the white juice that turns yellow when exposed to the air.
Lactarius scrobiculatus (svovelriske) – its white juice turns yellow when exposed to the air.
Bispelue / hooded false morel or the elfin saddle
Stor kragesopp / luxuriant ringstalk or lacerated stropharia
In my local area, a disproportionate large area of forest has been clear-felled recently, a practice we need to stop if we are to take climate change seriously as this releases much carbon dioxide. It was sickening to see just how large an area has been felled in recent years in this series of photos taken recently on a flight to Oslo. The usual excuse given is that a lot of trees have fallen in recent extreme storms and need to be “cleared” up. And what is causing these storms? A vicious circle in other words…
See my blog post about our recent field trip to discuss these problems here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=6529
I live close to the deeply indented bay near the centre of the picture. Malvikodden sticks out into the fjored “below” the bay and is now mostly treeless… a couple of other areas can be seen just inland…
Fevollbergan is / was a fascinating geologic/forest area close to where I live and a high population area…we should in particular be preserving such areas so close to where people live….I’m thinking of Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada, a remnant of old growth forest in the centre of the city….
