Last Weekend’s Forays in Kuala Lumpur
I revisited Kiara Hill and hiked up to the Angkor Wat tree, a popular spot where snake-like roots consume large boulders. A nearly all...
Tulostoma at Tanjung Rhu Beach
Riding the motorbike to different parts of Langkawi, I slowly uncover more places on the map despite the rain forcing me to stay indoors...
Mushroom Hunting at Penang National Park
Before taking the ferry to George Town, Penang I checked out iNaturalist to see what observations had been made. Surprisingly, there isn't much. Penang National Park is...
A Surprise Medicinal Mushroom Museum in Penang
I pop into Fatty Loh's Chicken Rice restaurant, hoping to pick up a late lunch. From the outside I’m met by two tigers, a towering 3-meter-tall...
Taman Tugu Forest Foray
The land that is now Taman Tugu was once home to British officials and local officers working for the Department of Agriculture in the...
A Sandworm, Stinkhorn, Staticky Bonnet Mold, and a Dead Man’s Foot
Some interesting finds were provided by a couple more trips out to Kiara Hills and an afternoon walk around the KL Eco Forest Park...
A Luminous Porecap and Other Fungi in Kuala Lumpur
This past week I hiked Bukit Kiara Hills, a forest park about an hour by metro west of the city center in Kuala Lumpur,...
A Summer Foray in Scotland
I spent most of my time in Scotland just outside Glasgow in small towns like Largs, West Kilbride, Irvine, on the Isle of Bute,...
State of Nature: Picturing the Silent Forest
Puke Ariki Museum, New Plymouth April 7 – 5 Nov 2023 State of Nature explores the stories of our native forests through the paintings of artist Fanny...
