How beautiful that birch polypore but such a sad happening.
Many Swiss forests were subject some years ago to an epidemic of the spruce bark beetle (bostryche) that invaded the bark of pines, furs, larches and other local species and slowly dried them out from under the bark. The hinder installed were pheromone traps. But there were great damages due to that epidemic and the forests devastated.
Thanks for your instructive wintery reports. Glad tours !
I remember that - it was scary, because it was a new threat. I think I cried when I found out that trees were dying. Peach Weber (do you know him?) even wrote a song about that beetle (De Borkechäfer).
Viela Dank für dini Antwort. Der Peach Weber mag i sehr gern und finde‘n guat. Der Tip vom Borkechäfer isch willkomma. Pass guat uf d‘Natur uuf, mer hönd cha zweiti und schöni festlichi Ziit.
Wow, interesting fungus - deadly, but interesting.
I do remember Ötzi, but hadn't heard about the fungus. Learned at least two things. Thank you.
Looking forward to listening to the podcast and to seeing more pictures from your island. I also have trees that I greet when I'm out walking and I might have 100 pictures of that one tree.
Sad news about the birch trees and the deadly fungus. It seems trees are so beleaguered by a variety of foes, human and nature. But a very interesting connection you shared to Ötzi over such a vast separation of time.
Happy you can be back on the island to share a different season even if less magnificent than in summer and fall. Each season has its own charms.
I thoroughly enjoyed the podcast. It was wonderful! Congratulations!
Back to the trail. Talks with the earth. Lessons from nature. I can’t discuss much about fungus but I cherish trees: birches, alders, hazels...Since they are connected, I should learn more about both. 1st lesson is done. Thank you for the walk. Welcome to the Island.
I'm glad you're back on Island mode. Meeting up with that powerfull fungus is a reminder that when we disappear from the Planet, the fungus will most likely be the first one to take over . . .
I'm starting to seek out and learn about mushrooms to eat. The very first mushroom I have eaten is the Chanterelle, a species that won't eat me(I think). We searched in the woods around Lochem, Gelderland for Chanterelle. We ate them every night while camping, cooked in butter
Those are nice. This birch fungus is only edible in the early stages but I believe that is more for the Ötzi types of 5 millennia ago. In more recent times the dried-up version was used to sharpen razors.
Meaning, Otzi fungus grew more poisinous over time? (to protect itself?)
I wonder if the dried up fungus version could have become petrified wood or fosilized and as hard as tungsten carbide to be used as a razorblade sharpener?
How beautiful that birch polypore but such a sad happening.
Many Swiss forests were subject some years ago to an epidemic of the spruce bark beetle (bostryche) that invaded the bark of pines, furs, larches and other local species and slowly dried them out from under the bark. The hinder installed were pheromone traps. But there were great damages due to that epidemic and the forests devastated.
Thanks for your instructive wintery reports. Glad tours !
I remember that - it was scary, because it was a new threat. I think I cried when I found out that trees were dying. Peach Weber (do you know him?) even wrote a song about that beetle (De Borkechäfer).
Viela Dank für dini Antwort. Der Peach Weber mag i sehr gern und finde‘n guat. Der Tip vom Borkechäfer isch willkomma. Pass guat uf d‘Natur uuf, mer hönd cha zweiti und schöni festlichi Ziit.
Always a pleasure to see your writing :)
Thank you 😊
Wow, interesting fungus - deadly, but interesting.
I do remember Ötzi, but hadn't heard about the fungus. Learned at least two things. Thank you.
Looking forward to listening to the podcast and to seeing more pictures from your island. I also have trees that I greet when I'm out walking and I might have 100 pictures of that one tree.
The tree is spectacular in black and white!
Sad news about the birch trees and the deadly fungus. It seems trees are so beleaguered by a variety of foes, human and nature. But a very interesting connection you shared to Ötzi over such a vast separation of time.
Happy you can be back on the island to share a different season even if less magnificent than in summer and fall. Each season has its own charms.
I thoroughly enjoyed the podcast. It was wonderful! Congratulations!
Glad to hear that you liked the podcast :-)
Back to the trail. Talks with the earth. Lessons from nature. I can’t discuss much about fungus but I cherish trees: birches, alders, hazels...Since they are connected, I should learn more about both. 1st lesson is done. Thank you for the walk. Welcome to the Island.
Thank you!
I'm glad you're back on Island mode. Meeting up with that powerfull fungus is a reminder that when we disappear from the Planet, the fungus will most likely be the first one to take over . . .
I'm starting to seek out and learn about mushrooms to eat. The very first mushroom I have eaten is the Chanterelle, a species that won't eat me(I think). We searched in the woods around Lochem, Gelderland for Chanterelle. We ate them every night while camping, cooked in butter
Those are nice. This birch fungus is only edible in the early stages but I believe that is more for the Ötzi types of 5 millennia ago. In more recent times the dried-up version was used to sharpen razors.
Meaning, Otzi fungus grew more poisinous over time? (to protect itself?)
I wonder if the dried up fungus version could have become petrified wood or fosilized and as hard as tungsten carbide to be used as a razorblade sharpener?