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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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Locavite @locavite.bsky.social · 15h

The race is on…

#WhimsyWednesday
#ClimbHigher
#GrowFurther

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

Not this time, I had already picked some chanterelles I found earlier.

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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 8h

....just make peace with it

#reflection #acceptance #lovetheskinyou'rein #youarebeautiful #photography #waterwednesday #art #words #nature

A dead flat lake reflecting the shoreline. Tall evergreen trees contrast rust tone brush and deciduous trees. The sky is a daunting grey blue.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 7h

Day 12 of posting all the mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
Perky petite puffballs.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween

Three slightly spiky small puffball mushrom grow out of neon green moss.

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

Day 11 of posting all the mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year. 🐥
#FungiFriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween

A large cluster of yellow and orange chicken of the woods mushrooms growing on a tree trunk.

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

Day 10 of posting all the mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#MushroomMonday

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween #fungifriends

One tall and one small skinny brown #mushroom growing among the leaf litter.

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

Day 9 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween

A delicate shaggy mane mushroom growing in a bright green moss patch.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 5d

Asters are still blooming #flowers #photography

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

💧 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 · 7d

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

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Locavite @locavite.bsky.social · 8d

Finding purchase…

#ThickTrunkTuesday

You’ve got a hold on me…

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Nicholas Galley @nickgalley.bsky.social · 9d

Oyster mushroom’s, Pluerotus ostreatus.

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jwalk outside 🍁 🦋 🪶 @jwalkoutside.bsky.social · 12d

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 · 13d

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 · 13d

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 · 14d

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 · 15d

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 · 15d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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.