Forest Treasures

Meeting a baby Fly Agaric




Many more mushrooms,

         

         


Some Yellow Staghorn,


And Trumpet Lichen !

Foxglove Magic !

Digitalis has a lot of folk names:
Fairy Caps, Fairy Bells, Goblin Gloves, Witches Gloves,
but the most common one is Foxglove, or Foxbell in Scandinavia.

According to Norse folklore, fairies helped foxes
by teaching them how to magically ring the bell shaped blossoms of Digitalis
to warn each other of hunters and hounds !

Woodland Berries and Bees

Summer adventures in the Forest...