NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, October 18, 2018 (Thursday)
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** Mother Nature is presenting a
challenge for Saturday’s scheduled Nature Moncton field trip to Caledonia Gorge
by predicting that she will rain on our party! We try to avoid Sunday field
trips, however in this case with deer hunting season starting on Monday and
better weather predicted for Sunday the field trip is now scheduled for this
coming Sunday, October 21. It could be a very special field trip as the
abundant mushroom crop could turn it into a bit of a mushroom foray, the fall
color show will be awesome and yes, there are certain to be good birds. The
write up is attached below.
Nature
Moncton Field trip to Caledonia Gorge
Sunday,
October 21, 2018
Meeting
place: Petro-Canada station on Hillsborough Road (Route 114) across from Point
Park subdivision at 9:00 a.m.
Heather
Loomer gave a great presentation on Protected Natural Areas in New Brunswick to
Nature Moncton at the Tuesday, October 16 monthly meeting. Heather specifically
described two Protected Natural Areas near Moncton, the Canaan Bog area and the
Caledonia Gorge.
This Sunday,
October 21, Nature Moncton will pay a visit to the Caledonia Gorge to discover
why it is unique enough to have been designated a part of New Brunswick’s
Protected Natural Areas into perpetuity.
The
Caledonia Gorge was chosen for a fall visit due to the additional bonus of fall
foliage, while hopefully a visit to the Canaan Bog PNA site can be arranged in
the spring to discover its special features. The Caledonia Gorge is beautifully
described at the attached site. Explore this site to learn what we can expect
to see and experience on October 21.
As always,
all are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
** Karen and Jamie Burris took their
twin grandsons on a mushroom hunt on Monday. Their highlight was finding four
fresh HEN OF THE WOODS mushrooms. This mushroom species is almost always
associated with Oak trees. Jamie is a very knowledgeable mushroom gatherer and
keeps up on new information and I am going to quote his words below on
this species.
“This is a
very good eating mushroom and can be preserved for later use by cooking and
freezing or using a dehydrator.
It has also been reported to have medicinal and health benefits which include antitumor, enhanced immune response, lowering glucose levels and an energy booster.
Warning, Hen of the Woods and many other polypores contain Tyramine, which has a negative effect on people using MAO inhibitors found in antidepressant medications. It can cause severe gastric distress if using those types of medications.”
It has also been reported to have medicinal and health benefits which include antitumor, enhanced immune response, lowering glucose levels and an energy booster.
Warning, Hen of the Woods and many other polypores contain Tyramine, which has a negative effect on people using MAO inhibitors found in antidepressant medications. It can cause severe gastric distress if using those types of medications.”
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
HEN OF THE WOODS (GRIFOLA FRONDOSA) OCT 15 2018 KAREN BURRIS
