So yesterday while my partner Bob and I were up in the high country at the mine I said "stop the truck", and I jumped out and took some lichen off of a tree.
"What are you going to do with that?" Bob asked.
"Make sourdough bread from the wild spoors in the moss."
"Uh huh".
At home Ash saw the baggy on the table. Knowing I don't do drugs she asked "What on earth are you going to do with that stuff?"
"Make wild spoor sourdough bread"
Well it was fresh out of the oven, and little Zoe, Ash's Chihuahua, begged for a bite. I gave her some. After a few seconds of convulsions she rolled tits up and died.
Further research shows that of all the lichens that grow in north america, only two are poisonous. The most common tree lichen in the high Sierra is Wolf Lichen, one of the two.
So here is my dilemma. What do I tell Ash.
1, That a giant rabid condor ate Zoe.
2, That a king snake ate Zoe.
or,
3, Feed Ash some of the bread.
