FOREST CONNECTIONS
Issue 5, Autumn 2019
FOREST CONNECTIONS
Issue 5, Autumn 2019
Photos & video by John F. Williams except where noted
WELCOME TO THE AUTUMN 2019
ISSUE OF SALISH MAGAZINE!
This is our first anniversary issue of Salish Magazine! We hope you’ve enjoyed and learned from the last four seasonal issues.
This issue returns once again to our local forests, but it explores some of the forest creatures whose intriguing looks are a reminder of their hidden connections. There are two articles about mushrooms and their relationships with trees. There is an article about the yellow-spotted millipede, a major force in recycling tree litter. There is an article about the “ghost plant” which acts like a plant except that it doesn’t photosynthesize! And there is an article about lichen, which is mostly a fungus but it did figure out how to photosynthesize!
There are also two photo-essays. One features photos taken by participants in a Forest Foto Expedition led by our publisher John F. Williams back in June. The other is a collection of some mushroom photos to add another visual dimension to the mushroom articles.
Please enjoy the beginning of the second year of Salish Magazine! And along with our second year, we’re rolling out a feature that will make it easy for you to contribute to the financial sustainability of Salish Magazine.
Table of Contents
Think Like a Mushroom
by David Ansley
September 2019
A neighbor plunked down an immense clump of what looked like pasta noodles. It was a cauliflower mushroom, she said, prized for its taste and texture.
Ghost Plant
by Adelia Ritchie
September 2019
Is it a mushroom or a flowering plant? On your walks in the woods from June through September, watch for the ghost plant, Indian pipe, or corpse plant.
Mushroom Poetry
by Mahathi Mangipudi
September 2019
From truffles to the seasonal expressions of the cycle of life in our forests, here are three poems about mushrooms written by a high school junior.
Foto Tour 1
by Foto Expedition Participants
September 2019
Here are 23 selected photos submitted by participants of the First Forest Foto Expedition offered by Kitsap’s WSU Extension on June 4, 2019.
Mushroom Photo Essay
by John F. Williams
September 2019
This photo essay showcases a variety of additional mushroom photos, especially ones that raise some informal questions or observations about life cycles and relationships.
Survival of Our Woods
by Olaf Ribeiro
September 2019
Actually, there is much more (conceptually and physically) to mushrooms than the colorful forms above ground that so delight us during our walks in the woods.
Yellow Spotted Millipede
by Catherine Whalen
September 2019
We share the forest with some remarkable species that have potentially toxic defense mechanisms. One of these wondrous animals is the yellow-spotted millipede.
Lichens
by Sara &Thomas Noland
September 2019
In the fantastical world of fungus, it’s hard to stand out. But the lichens have managed to do just that, from mountain peaks to shorelines.
More Mushrooms: Another Photo Essay
by Catherine Whalen
November 2019
Here is a collection of some photographs that really convey the art of mushrooms.
Salish Magazine
Publisher: John F. Williams
Editor: Adelia Ritchie
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