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English My adventures with Charlotte Charlotte the Marmot in the woods The adventures of Lausanne Fully Sion After my first adventures in La Fouly, a Before eating it, I hear suddenly a falling Gotten to the end of the pathway, I see Vernayaz ne young hawk called Gaston brought me branch: a squirrel! Rapidly, he jumps Gaston the Hawk flying over the valley. hô Pierre Avoi Salvan R in his talons and he left me at the top of down and he reaches me: “Stop, let go After my whistle, he rushes to find me, Le Luisin Les a tree above the valley. Dizzy, I rushed of this mushroom! It is deadly! It is a because he is always impatient to hear Marécottes Martigny to reach the mainland. That is how I find death cap!” I am still shaking for the about my last adventures. That is what I Verbier Val de Bagnes myself in the middle of lots of trees: a fear… do on the way back to La Fouly! Lac Finhaut La Drance d’Emosson t real maze! en ri e T Le Châble My new friend tells me that: “There are L col de Bovernier la Forclaz Sembrancher Having no words for my legendary millions of mushroom species, but a Justine Volluz Le Catogne Bruson Trient curiosity, I get involved in this little part of them are edible. In doubt, environment so different from mine. avoid picking them and seek information Very quickly, my paw hits a little cap from the experts! You will learn a lot Champex-Lac Orsières poised on the top of a stem. I bend down along the way.” to watch it. Whoa, it releases a strange o Som-la-Proz smell, slightly sweet… Feeling better and after having said Val d’Entremont n Issert La Drance d’Entremont goodbye to my friend the squirrel, I Liddes Being more and more interested, I follow the forest pathway and I discover t Praz-de-Fort h Find out the adventures of examine it carefully. The cap has a with great interest a number of panels e “Charlotte the Marmot”on green-yellowish colour, typical of the and games that represent the wonderful the following educational Val Ferret alpine pasture grasses. I take the risk world of mushrooms. m y trails: Prayon to touch it: what a magnificent texture! u a Le Mourin La Drance de Ferret s w Would it be safe to eat? My stomach is hr th La Fouly oo a Mt Dolent growling. m p Ferret Lac des Toules Charlotte the Marmot lives around here Mts Telliers www.charlottelamarmotte.ch Charlotte’s friends How to go on an adventure... Charlotte à La Fouly Charlotte sur le sentier des champignons Charlotte’s creators (Champex-Lac - Orsières) Concept : Marlène Hiroz, guide du patrimoine, CREPA En collaboration avec Philippe Gaillard, expert en champignons, « Charlotte the Marmot » invites you to follow her on Cercle mycologique de l’Entremont the mushroom pathway to discover a beautiful place. At Coordination : Anne Zeller, socio-cultural facilitator, CREPA least 4 hours are required to traverse the pathway with Publisher: CREPA, Sembrancher Graphic design and illustrations: Marc Fontaine, Lausanne your friends or with your family. Charlotte à La Creusaz Charlotte sur le bisse With scientific and creative input from : du Trient Stéphane Michellod, Cercle mycologique de l’Entremont | Before starting the activity, discover the story of (Les Marécottes) Yann Decorzant, CREPA | Jean-Charles Fellay, CREPA | Charlotte in this leaflet. (La Forclaz) Ambroise Héritier, illustrateur | Antoine Lovey | Justine Volluz | William Besse | Isabelle Carruzzo | DransEnergie SA - Orsières | idpub - Collombey | Fernand CRETTON & Cie SA - Orsières | Travaux publics et The pathway has 11 places, distributed along the Service forestier d’Orsières | Le fin mot Communication - Martigny | mushroom pathway, connecting Champex-Lac to Charlotte’s sponsors Orsières. The locations are indicated on the aerial photos within the leaflet. You will be also able to find the right Charlotte à Emosson Charlotte sur le chemin direction thanks to several signals. de la mine (Finhaut) (Mayens de Bruson) Commune d’Orsières Please make you sure to have a pencil for writing your answers on the leaflet. Get your trail passport, which will At the end of the pathway, in a picnic area above allow you to validate your route and Orsières, you will be able to verify your answers and to win a prize once you have completed measure your knowledge and your discoveries. 4 Charlotte trails. Design & Copy Services - Orsières | DransEnergie SA - Orsières | Edelweiss - Champex-Lac | Espace Mont-Blanc - Sion | Finally, do not hesitate to ask for more questions at the Fernand CRETTON & Cie SA - Orsières | Fiduciaire de l’Entremont SA - Orsières | GLAJ - Valais romand | Hôtel du Glacier - Champex-Lac | idpub - Collombey | Tourism office! All the information about the different trails: Le Carrefour - Verbier | Moulin électricité - Orsières | Peinture Lovey SA - Orsières | M. Sarrasin Marbrerie - Sembrancher | Have a nice stroll with Charlotte! www.charlottelamarmotte.ch Société Mycologique Vaudoise - Lausanne | Tea-room Gentiane - Champex-Lac | Michellod CME - S. picture: 1 The pictures on the panel show you the fast START Mushrooms are grouped into families; 11 development of the building at the turn of the Welcome Bravo! they have precise names and surnames. 20th century. “I am glad to receive you on the To verify your answers, What is the name of the family illustrated down Compare the new buildings of picture B with the mushroom pathway! Can you just move the pieces. below? alpine pastures of picture A and find three important greet Cousine Biscotte on my differences: behalf? She is carved On the back, you will find Observe carefully between places and . a recipe with the mushrooms. FINISH the different members Enjoy your meal! of this family and Will you find her?” match the right name with each of them. Spongy Conical High Ribbed Purple On the lakeside, just a few metres on the left, you can observe an interesting wooden shack. What was its use in According to you, which mushroom is edible? the past? It was: Start 10 Champex-Lac, in front Tourist office Match the right mushroom with the A A glacier, to preserve the lake’s ice? of the Charlotte fountain of Orsières basket and verify your picking at the end. B A bathing hut, called summerhouse? C A deposit for the winter activities on the lake? The panel gives you some proofs and 1 a picture that can help you. 2 Finish 3 Horn tiger ox wood death Find out in the panel what the mycorrhiza is. of plenty tricholoma tongue blewit cap Find out what the mycorrhiza is. Then find out the right 2 track that matches the tree with the mushroom. 11 It goes from to and vice-versa. 4 9 5 Som-la-Proz 3 10 min. ) How many mushrooms do Shape of B C 10 the hat: you see on this drawing? Encircle the four illustrations n° BA140055 Find the death cap, add that correspond Prassurny the missing points to its to the bolete: Pore layer: E A 20 min. 6 cap and paint it. Picnic 9 The corresponding area 8 letters form a noun : Taste: L P N Recompose the 6 mushrooms’ pictures. 8 7 0 360 m The pictures show the 3 roles that a mushroom can play (board Do you know Issert 10 min. on the left) and their effects on nature (board on the right). You have to the meaning? Shape of D E match the pictures, with the help of the panel, if it is necessary! source: Office fédéral de la topographie ( topographie de la fédéral Office source: The panel will fill the foot: you in on that. 5 Observe the landscape and find where 6 7 4 each drawn mushroom grows. The picking and the consumption With their dress and their features, each Shaggy According to you, what of mushrooms follow certain parasol character can remind a mushroom! To write down your answer, use the thing was exploited rules. But which one? enumeration of the places on the here until 1955? Panther Mark what kind of behaviour, You will know it by selecting the right hut, the right cap panel. for you, is unsuitable. “stem” and the right foot on the movable structure. The name of the character will let you find the name of Chanterelle A m the mushroom. A C E Rooting Since you have composed a mushroom, write down its code: shank B D F of s l.