Kyle Schultz

Between woods and water lies a realm inhabited by resilient creatures. Vagabonds, outcasts, and the free-spirited call this thin strip of land home. We stand and listen as our instructor — Jazmen, though I prefer botanist extraordinaire, or one who has survived many bug bites — shares her tale with us naive adventurers. She tells us of serpentinite. The soil here weathers from stone that was once the earth's own mantle: peridotite and dunite, born deep beneath an ancient seafloor and hauled...

Finding portals to the Otherworld and gourmet golden chanterelles in the PNW. Wander deep into a Pacific Northwest forest and you might stumble upon an invitation to the Otherworld or find yourself flush with forest gold. I’m talking about fairy rings and golden chanterelles, of course. Both have interesting ecology and are rich in folklore, their stories tangled together like mycelium through soil. Folklore of the Circles: Fairy Rings in Myth & Legend For centuries, perfect circles of...