Foray Log- Big Meadow Horse Camp & Parish Lake, June 16, 2021

Today we took a drive out to Big Meadow’s Horse camp. As soon as I got out of the car, I sprayed myself down with bug spray and put on my hat with my new mosquito veil. I remember the last time I was here and the mosquitoes were so bad, I wasn’t going to deal with that again!

Foray Log- Avery Family Forest, June 12, 2021

Today was the last foray to the Avery Family Forest for our study group. We are heading into fire season here in Oregon, and we have to return our key by the end of the month. It has been an incredible experience watching the seasons change in the foothills of the Cascades.

I led a foray for the Willamette Valley Mushroom Society to a wilderness burn area to look for Morels and other burn fungi. Everyone backed out at the last minute except for Leigh and Bob, some new members to our group. We walked with them for a few hours along the slopes of the ashy mountain seeking some green oasis patches that would hold enough moisture to promote the growth of fungi.

Oh the swarms of mosquitoes. It was almost too much to bear as I tried to photograph the Lycogala epidenrum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81978648 , so I paused to spray on some mosquito repellant that Andrew brought from the car. After making sure all the exposed bits were covered, I went back to the L. epidenrum and showed Andrew how they pop!