Myriad Mushrooms

We have been finding many distinctive mushrooms lately when we walk the dogs through nearby woods in Northern Minnesota. Scroll down for images and descriptions of some of the more interesting mushrooms. I am not an expert, so identifications of these mushrooms are best guesses with help from online resources like iNaturalist. Deer Mushroom (Pluteus …

The Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion

In Rollag Minnesota over the Labor Day weekend old farming methods are recreated at an event called the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (WMSTR). This idea dates from 1940 when a group of farmers fired up an old steam thresher to harvest grain the old way. In 1954 the WMSTR group invited the public to …