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tangoking
Lover of Boletes



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Hunting in a Bog
#11571219 - 12/02/09 05:08 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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I happen to live very close by a bog, and did a little foray there today.
I found very few fungi there. I did find an old L. sulfurus and some other fungus that looked like a Russula sp. growing out of wood. It looked like it had been there for a long time, and was covered in green mold. Other than that, just lot of papery polypores that seem to be there year-round.
Interesting place to be! What struck me most was the stillness. Everything is very quiet and eerily still--like in a movie before the guy with the chainsaw jumps out. There is a real aura of timelessness there. Some of the fallen trees were like petrified wood. Soil is not exactly firm either! I tried to jump a brook running through the middle and my foot sunk in almost up to my knee.
Edited by tangoking (12/02/09 11:23 PM)
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obi
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Re: Hunting in a Bog [Re: tangoking]
#11571295 - 12/02/09 05:22 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good stuff, tranquility is one of the things that attract me to mushroom hunting...but, err, Russulas don't grow from wood they're mycorrhizal.
e: woops, 'looked like Russula'; nevermind, good night.
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Edited by obi (12/02/09 05:24 PM)
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Dishez
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Re: Hunting in a Bog [Re: obi]
#11571616 - 12/02/09 06:19 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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Swamp and bog hunting are my absolute favorite for the exact reasons you stated. Im dying to see pics!
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whoever
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Re: Hunting in a Bog [Re: tangoking]
#11573135 - 12/02/09 09:33 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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You are living, tango!
There's a swamp area near mid GA some argue is prehistoric, and nurtures rare and [ahem] *coastal* species. The other side of the argument comes from review of 1800 'letters to england' slamming the settlers for farming a pristine river into mudhole smitherines. I've only been downstream of it while flooded and did not happen to see a single mushroom, (or 'pawpaw tree' - indians were keen on these). My understanding is that the DNR has the main attraction caged for preservation.
Sounds like a place that wants you to spend time there, like a railroad taking you back in time or something...
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tangoking
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Registered: 07/02/09
Posts: 952
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Re: Hunting in a Bog [Re: whoever]
#11573851 - 12/02/09 11:07 PM (14 years, 2 months ago) |
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Supposedly they found like a Wooly Mammoth or something like that in this bog like 200 years ago. Apparently stuff doesn't decompose in bogs--there was a raccoon carcass in there that looked like new--so imma keep an eye out for bones, fossils, and the like.
If I find a preserved human body I'm going to flip my sh*t. Hell, living in NJ I might find a fresh one.
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whoever said: You are living, tango!
There's a swamp area near mid GA some argue is prehistoric, and nurtures rare and [ahem] *coastal* species. The other side of the argument comes from review of 1800 'letters to england' slamming the settlers for farming a pristine river into mudhole smitherines. I've only been downstream of it while flooded and did not happen to see a single mushroom, (or 'pawpaw tree' - indians were keen on these). My understanding is that the DNR has the main attraction caged for preservation.
Sounds like a place that wants you to spend time there, like a railroad taking you back in time or something...
God I love this forum! My roommates and friends think that my cheese has fallen off my cracker cuz I'm mushroom hunting in bogs, but here I find understanding!
I will take some pics for you next time I'm out. The weather has really improved--it's raining cats and dogs across the Northeast USA right now (OH YEAH!)--so hopefully I'll see some fresh blooms on my next trip!
I still have yet to find a blewitt.
Edited by tangoking (12/02/09 11:22 PM)
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