I was out looking for mushrooms with my young cousins, trying to impress them with the breadth of my nature lore. We came upon a downed tree next to the river that had some spongy orange things ...

The rain was coming down in silver sheets when the first car in our caravan screeched to a stop on a winding Sonoma County road. Before I could pull over behind him, our guide, Steve Conwell, ...

LEHMAN TWP. — While Chris Miller gave his usual opening comments about the tall grass on the edge of his property having roots running deeper than it grows high, naturalist Rick Koval alternately ...

Lots of bright yellow witches’ butter jelly fungus blobbed on old fallen tree trunks, while ghostly white Agarikon conks protruded from upright Douglas firs. The pine needles on the ground supported ...