Anna-Marija Helt, PH.D.
Osadha Natural Health
Herb Notes
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Kiabab Slippery Jacks growing in town!

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Looks like mushroom season is happening after all, despite a dry fall/winter/spring. Thank you, monsoons! These are Suillus kiababensis growing under Ponderosa Pines, with which they have a mycorrhizal relationship.

And the underside, showing the pores at the bottom of the spore tubes.

Spore print (only took a few hours…these suckers were seriously sporulating). Shows the characteristic cinnamon-brown color of the spores en masse.

Spores at 1000x magnification.
Monday’s Mushroom, Episode 14: Making spore prints
Easy and fun to do, mushroom spore printing is also an important step in mushroom identification. Spore prints are when you collect spores en masse from the mushroom cap. By doing that, you can see spore color, which would otherwise be impossible without a microscope.
Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 13
wild rose, pedicularis (lousewort), la plata canyon, rocky mountains, san juan mountains
Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 12
Yarrow, Stinging Nettles, and a glance at Shrubby Cinquefoil.
Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 10
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 9
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 11
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Meet Your Digestive System – Part 1
It seems I forgot to post this first one. Doh! Parts 2-4 have been up for a while…
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 8
Twinberry/Honeysuckle, Wild Raspberry/Blackberry, Star Solomon’s Plume
Part 8 of our Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk : )
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 7
Oregon Grape, Solomon’s Plume
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 6
Violet, Thimbleberry, Fireweed
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 5
Elder, Wild Geranium, Potentilla/Cinquefoil, Columbine, Baneberry
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant (& Mushroom!) Walk – Part 4
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant (& Mushroom!) Walk – Part 3
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk – Part 2
Meet some high country wild plants early in the growth season. Stay tuned for the next parts of the series to meet them again farther along in the season and to learn about their medicinal uses.
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Rocky Mountain Medicinal Plant Walk, Part 1
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Identifying Wild Mushrooms: How not to pick the wrong mushroom
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Bolete Perfume?!
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Fungal Folklore Episode 1: Foxfire & Fairy Lights
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