DEPARTMENTS

31 | FON News
The Young Naturalist — a whole new look; Pelee seeks Chief Naturalist.

31 | Around the Province
Elora Gorge: Your help needed; more development on the escarpment; non-refillable update; Second Marsh’s uncertain future.

33 | From Ottawa
Massive highway contemplated in Banff; northern parks still not safe; Point Pelee duck shooting.

FEATURES

4 | Mushrooms — to eat or not to eat
By John F. Morgan-Jones

8 | Myth & Magic
By Derek Robinson

23 | Living Art — Nature’s Way
By Reginald Godden

26 | Lichen? A Most Puzzling Plant
By David Barr


ON Nature Magazine October 1975 cover

ON Nature magazine is an award-winning quarterly that brings readers closer to nature by exploring Ontario’s natural species and spaces, and providing insight on pressing conservation issues.

The cost of an annual subscription is $50. If you are a senior citizen (65+) or a student, you can subscribe for a discounted rate of $40.

For just $9.95, you can purchase recent issues of our award-winning magazine. We have back issues available online dating to 1970!

For more information or to purchase a back issue, please contact Kamran Minai, at 416-444-8419 ext. 232 or kamranm@ontarionature.org.

Photos © Mary Ferguson, Joan Powell and Frans vanGerwen