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Mushroom Hunting In Lapland

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In January of 2018, I spent some time in Lapland on a trip with Origins. Lapland is the northernmost province of Finland, above the arctic circle. It was the dead of winter, and as I spend much of my time in the Sonoran desert of the Southwest, it was a big change. Together with my daughter Diana I did a little snowmobiling, visited the local wildlife (reindeer) and got to hunt for chaga mushrooms (Inonotus obliquus) that grow on birch trees. Chaga is one of the ingredients in my Mega Mushroom line of skin care products that I developed with Origins. Below are a few images from that trip:

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    Getting ready for a snowmobile trek out to a grove of birch trees to locate chaga mushrooms.
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    My daughter, Diana and I get ready for the day’s snowmobiling adventure.
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    We’re on our way!
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    A large specimen of chaga.
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    Chaga is a parasitic fungus, usually found on birch and other trees at high latitudes.
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    Saying a warm hello to a local reindeer.
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    I might have made a friend for life!
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    The sun is above the horizon only a few hours each day in the Finnish winter.
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