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Wandering around trails in the Midwest. Easily distracted by rocks, flowers, trees, mushrooms and wild animals. #hiking #northcountrytrail #backpacking

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 5h

Day 8 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween

A cluster of 3 yellow amanita mushrooms growing in weedy grass patch.

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Bruce Klink @bklinkcat.bsky.social · 1d

Asters are still blooming #flowers #photography

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 1d

💧 Guttation
Day 7 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween #ForestFriday

A cream colored #mushroom covered in water dropplets grows on the side of a decaying log.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 3d

These were tasty! I was so lucky to find a few nice flushes during this hike.

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Locavite @locavite.bsky.social · 4d

Finding purchase…

#ThickTrunkTuesday

You’ve got a hold on me…

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Nicholas Galley @nickgalley.bsky.social · 5d

Oyster mushroom’s, Pluerotus ostreatus.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 8d

Day 6 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year. 💛 Delicious!
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween

A golden chanterelle mushroom displays its delicate ridges the run from the cap down the stem.

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drew hanson @pedview.bsky.social · 9d

This owl, its habitat and the Ice Age Trail hiked to this spot are all available for us to enjoy thanks to Wisconsin’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. #KnowlesNelson

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 9d

Day 5 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween

An elegant shaggy mane mushroom grows among the moss and short grass.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 10d

Day 4 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween

Black trumpet mushrooms expertly camouflaged on the forest floor.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 11d

Day 3 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

Hedgehog mushroom held between two fingers. You can see the tiny spikes on the underside of the mushroom cap.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 11d

Day 2 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year. 🦞 🍄

#fungifriends

Bright orange lobster mushroom emerges from a pine needle covered forest floor.

jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 15d

Day 1 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

A cluster of 4 mushrooms growing on the leaf covered ground along the North Country Trail in Minnesota.

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Bruce Klink @bklinkcat.bsky.social · 15d

The Ice Age Trail just north of here #photography

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ticked off a few more miles on the North country trail in Michigan. Spent most of the hike pointing out mushrooms.
Lake County MI.

jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 23

Summer weekends, let’s go!

#PureMichigan #LakeSuperior

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Tracey M 💙🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @tracey-m.bsky.social · May 22

Always look up at the trees. It always makes me feel better.

#ThickTrunkThursday #ThickTreeThursday #TreeThursday #ThursdayGreen

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUp
#Photography 📷

Looking up through tall trees, showing a canopy of green leaves against a bright sky, with a sense of tranquility and nature's height.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 23

Man, that sucks.

jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 20

Just used this service for a backpacking trip, what a wonderful service!

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 8

Camping trips and hiking trails with these two were not always fun, but I hope that the lasting memories will lead them to embrace nature's magic in the future, on their own terms.

Two boys face away from the camera, sitting on rocks in the woods

jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 5

Extra toothy

#MushroomLover #FungiFriends

Small white mushrooms grow on the side of a stump. These are made of small clusters of dangling "teeth"

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@amyb88(8/8 is my🎂, nothing else)bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amyb8888.bsky.social · May 4

A favorite from my archive a day: Chocolate tube slime mold/Stemonitis splendens (the tiny “legs” always get me).
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 2

Me too! Hope to see some next week!

jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 2

A tree with a strong foundation.

North Country Trail
Alberta, MI

#ForestFriday #ISeeMoss #NorthCountryTrail
#TreeLover

A tree grows on top of a large rock, it's roots grow down around the tock

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · May 1

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