Pics from a recent wilderness #hike. #Newfoundland Canada. #hiking #trail #lichen #fungifriends #moss

Some lichen pics from a hike on Tuesday. #Newfoundland Canada. #hiking #lichens #fungifriends #fungi

Some pics from a wilderness hike on Friday. #Newfoundland Canada. #lichens #hiking #trail

A recent hike near, and through, a wildfire zone. Newfoundland, Canada. #hiking #backpacking #wildfire

The Spout. A wave powered geyser on The East Coast Trail, #Newfoundland, Canada. #trail #hikibg #backpackibg

On a wooded section of the East Coast Trail. The golden, late-day light was kind of special.

The ferns are putting on a show these days along many parts of the East Coast Trail. Near Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, Canada. #hiking #trail #backpacking

Trail food. Newfoundland, Canada.

Some little life photos from a backpacking trek this week. Newfoundland, Canada.

A beautiful orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca), from my time in Yellowknife, NT, Canada. #lichen #fungifriends

It’s the start of harvest season here at Logy Bay Farms (our back yard). A wonderful time of year.

Pics from an East Coast Trail hike yesterday. This 330+ km trail system is a stunner. Newfoundland, Canada. #hiking #backpacking #trail #newfoundland

Caloplaca sp. #lichen. On coastal cliffs, Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

A bog full of cottongrass. From a #hike at #Newfoundland, Canada. #wildflower #backpacking.

Canada continues to burn. Pic from today at my home town. Six communities evacuated so far as a result of this fire. #newfoundland, Canada.

Love trees covered in long strings of Usnea #lichen. #Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Porpidia sp #lichen, a common lichen on boulders here in #Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Purple pitcher plant…super common here in Newfoundland, but always eye-catching.

While cloudberry picking, this morning. I’ve always loved the colours of a bog. #berries #bog #hiking

Delicious cloudberries are starting to ripen here in #Newfoundland, Canada. #berries #foraging

Wilderness backpacking sunrises. Newfoundland, Canada, last week.

The coastline at my hometown, this week. Newfoundland, Canada.

Wind/salt swept coastal coniferous trees. Newfoundland, Canada.

A huge patch of beautifully scented twinflower. #newfoundland Canada. #flower #wildflower #hiking

Early morning cod #fishing from the cliffs. #Newfoundland, Canada.

Moss (Bryum sp, I think) sporophytes. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Trotting through the colourful bogs and fens of the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.

A caribou dropped by for a visit on my hike yesterday. On the barrens of the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. #hike #wildlife #backpacking

One of my favourite early-season #wildflowers, common bearberry. Pics from a few years ago at #Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.

A large erratic on the barrens of the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. I’m told that these cracks/breaks often happened as these rocks dropped from the bottom of melting glaciers, approx. 10,000 yrs ago. #hiking #backpacking.

First time in Ottawa (yesterday), and happened by Prime Minister Carney as he left work for the day. A cool moment for this life-long politics nerd:)

Today at Barrie, Ontario(visiting the area). Anyone know the species? You can save me looking it up:) #fungi #mushrooms

Near my home. #Moss loves #Newfoundland. #trail #hiking

Before sunrise, on a wilderness #backpacking trip. Newfoundland, Canada. The North Atlantic about 15 miles in the distance. #hiking

Chicken Lips #Fungus at my hometown in #newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #mushroom Pic from a few years ago in August.

Cladonia sp #lichen. Yellowknife, NT, Canada.

A Rhizocarpon (?) #lichen. Yellowknife, NT, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends.

A winter view of the coastline near where I live #newfoundland. #trail #hiking.

An interesting #fossil at a newly-found #Ediacaran site. North end of the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.

A whopper of a boulder on a wilderness #hike yesterday. #newfoundland, Canada.

Lichen collage. Northwest Territories, Canada.

#Lichen, Rusavskia elegans. Northwest Territories, Canada. Pic from 2019. #fungi #fungifriends.

Spring cranberry (aka lingonberry, mountain cranberry) picking. Yellowknife, NT, Canada.

#Lichen collage. Northwest Territories, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Splotches of Golden Moonglow #lichens. Yellowknife, NT, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends.

Orange Rock Posy #lichen, Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca. Northwest Territories, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends.

Aspidella from a new #Ediacaran #fossil site I happened on last week. #Newfoundland Canada.

We should all be centenarians here in Newfoundland.

From a woods #hike today. Newfoundland, Canada.

Looking out at the North Atlantic from a small seaside cave. Newfoundland, Canada.