Last Thursday we snowshoed on new spring snow. Ten kilometers up and across Montagne des Trois Sommets, down a ravine and up again to Mont St-Louis. In this fairly inaccessible terrain we walked through an old growth forest of yellow birch. This pictures shows the massive spreading branches of our provincial tree (in French, bouleau jaune and also called merisier) that could be 150 years old.
On the way down off the mountain, this impressive bracket fungi attracted my attention. Ancient people used the interior flammable fiber called amadou as a fire-starter. I like the wavy form of the fruiting body, its smooth creamy underside and the different coloration in the annual growth rings.Pentax K10D, focal length 27mm, f/11, 1/1000s, ISO 400
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