Snaps by Danielle

05/07/2025

More turkey tails!

05/07/2025

Virginia Spring Beauty!
Claytonia virginica, eastern spring beauty, grass-flower, narrowleaf springbeauty or fairy spud, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Montiaceae. Its native range is eastern North America.

Springbeauty is a perennial plant, overwintering through a tuberous root. The individual flowers bloom for three days, although the five stamens on each flower are only active for a single day.

These were all over the place at on our tour with Delicate and so pretty, but have medicinal/edible uses too!

05/06/2025

Oak Mazegill!
We found one of these with our guide and a few more after that!

Fomitopsis quercina is a species of in the order Polyporales. Commonly known as the thick-walled maze polypore,[3] maze-gill fungus oak-loving maze polypore, or oak mazegill, the specific epithet refers to the oak genus Quercus, upon which it frequently grows, causing a brown rot. It is found in Eurasia, Northern Africa and Australasia. Though inedible, it can be used as a natural comb and has been the subject of chemical research.

05/05/2025

Canadian Wild Ginger!

Asarum canadense, commonly known as Canada wild ginger, Canadian snakeroot, and broad-leaved asarabacca, is a herbaceous, perennial plant which forms dense colonies in the understory of deciduous forests throughout its native range in eastern North America, from the Great Plains east to the Atlantic Coast, and from southeastern Canada south to around the Fall Line in the southeastern United States.

05/03/2025

Another find from our hunt at Marburg State Park with !

Turkey Tails!
Trametes versicolor – also known as Coriolus versicolor and Polyporus versicolor – is a common polypore mushroom found throughout the world. Meaning ‘of several colors’, versicolor accurately describes this fungus that displays a unique blend of markings. Additionally, owing to its shape being similar to that of a wild turkey’s tail feathers, T. versicolor is most commonly referred to as turkey tail.

Too tough & leathery to eat, but can be prepared in other ways for powders or teas! Turkey tail mushrooms offer various potential health benefits, including supporting the immune system, and promoting gut health. They are also known for their anti-inflammatory properties and ability to help the body adapt to stress.

05/02/2025

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04/30/2025

Pheasant’s back / dryad’s saddle / hawk’s wing mushroom (Cerioporus squamosus)! This is a saprobic fungus, meaning it decomposes dead wood, and is also occasionally a parasite on living trees. They are found on dead or dying deciduous trees, particularly elm, beech, and sycamore. They can also grow on logs and stumps.

Dryad’s saddle has a distinctive appearance with large, roundish caps that can be light brown, creamy yellow, or whitish. The caps are often covered with large, dark brown scales, giving them a pancake-like appearance.
They’re a great find not just from its appearance (this is a young specimen, it grows bigger!) but also as food! Best cooked when they’re young to avoid toughness, this little fun guy (😅) smells like a watermelon rind!

04/29/2025

We went on a guided mushroom hunt with Michigan Mushroom Hunters(will be posting more pictures soon!) and came across SO MUCH trillium! It was exciting.

is our state wildflower here in MI! They are a protected species as picking this spring ephemeral can actually harm the plant, so picking them is discouraged. They can take 5-10 years to flower so it’s best to leave them be!

Spring ephemerals are vital to many ecosystems across North America. An ephemeral plant is “a plant with a very short life cycle or very short period of active growth, often one that grows only during brief periods when conditions are favorable.”
Spring ephemerals emerge and flower in early spring before many of our other native plants have woken up.

They serve their role of feeding pollinators, preventing erosion, and nutrient cycling early in the season. Then they go dormant as other native plants start to grow, so they don’t compete with each other.

08/17/2022

Surprise pop-up feature showcasing Succulent Sweets! My sister works so incredibly hard on it and is also a core part of our PDQ family (& kicking butt making these while working at the JLWS - Junior League World Series, Taylor Michigan all week!) and I am not allowed to buy all of the lemon cookies for myself 😞, so I guess I’m sharing!

They’re offering make-your-own grab bags of the cookie styles & flavors of your choice, ready to purchase and pick up! Head on over to their page and snag some while you can!!

08/08/2022

Little details and moments add to everything!
I wish I had all of those teacups and saucers for my own. 🫖