Gallery: 20101210 Senecio vulgaris
Persistent Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) blooming along Lake Street.
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Mushroom Recovery
A couple of falls ago, I found the mushroom pictured above. It was growing on a long-stranded drift log at the end of Totem Park (now well away from the high-tide line). I noticed how dessicated it looked, and figured the recent dry weather had dried out the cap as it was dying back, so … Read more
Spruce Cone Mushroom (Baeospora myosura)
Baeospora myosura, which I am calling Spruce Cone Mushroom, fruits primarily on Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) cones. In other parts of its range, it will also grow on Douglas Fir, but they are absent in this area. According to the California Fungi account for Baeospora myosura, there is only on other species that is sometimes … Read more
Bog Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
Last week I took Connor and Rowan up Indian River to do a little ibutton maintenance. Although the ground had frost on it, the air was calm and the sun was high enough to provide some warmth, so I decided to take a break and relax a little before heading back. While selecting a nice … Read more
Tar Spot Fungus (Rhytisma arbuti)
Tar Spot fungi (Rhytisma spp) would seem relatively easy to identify to genus – the black spots forming on leaves seem fairly distinctive – but I suspect it would be difficult to identify them to species apart from their occurrence on specific host species. The Pacific Northwest Fungi Database includes entries for many species of … Read more