Advanced Search Close Search
Mostly mushrooms: identifying fungi in a PNW paradise
Gorge Life
Editor's Pick

Mostly mushrooms: identifying fungi in a PNW paradise

  • By Sean Avery Columbia Gorge News
  • Updated

HOOD RIVER — Did you know that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than plants? Well, Krista Cushman does, along with an encyclopedia of tips and tricks to help you identify them in the wild.

The Columbia River Gorge enthusiast, mycologist and Hood River educator shared an abundance of fungal facts and woodsy wisdom at the Columbia Center for the Arts on Nov. 12 — the second lecture in Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place Season 16.

Sense of Place, 15th anniversary season begins in mid-October
News

Sense of Place, 15th anniversary season begins in mid-October

  • Staff Report Columbia Gorge News
  • Updated

HOOD RIVER — Sense of Place is excited to announce the lineup for the 15th Annual Sense of Place Series beginning Oct. 16. This season will feature a wide range of topics ranging from the cultural legacy of matsutake mushrooms to the history of mountain biking in Post Canyon.

Gorge mushrooms demonstrate pigment, dye
News

Gorge mushrooms demonstrate pigment, dye

  • Updated

STEVENSON — Using forty varieties of fungi to make 825 vibrant natural pigments, dyes and paints, Julie Beeler expresses and educates using mushrooms for color. Beeler exhibits at the Columbia Gorge Museum in Stevenson, October 12 through November 22.