Treasures of the Ghost River forest - a little bi…
Fungus
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Fungi
Brown Cup & Golden Pluteus / Pluteus chrysophlebiu…
Hooded False Morel / Gyromitra infula – poisonous
Puffballs on a rotting log
Fungus
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Decorating the base of a tree
The Sickener / Russula emetica?
Small fungi growing among the mosses
False Morel fungus
Hiding in the shadows
Hypomyces luteovirens, syn. Hypomyces tulasneanus
Fungi goblets
Growing amongst the mosses
Lichens and moss at Rock Glacier
False Morel fungus
Mushroom in a wonderfully lush setting
Cream and wine-coloured
A joy to behold
Treasures of the forest floor
Unidentified fungus
Treat of the day - Black Morel
A little fungi family
The forest is alive with fungi, lichens and mosses
Magical world of the forest
When I used to find fungi
Summer greens
Shapeless fungi
Flat Topped Coral / Clavariadelphus truncatus
Puffballs on a tree stump
Macro puffballs
Like a little flower
Beginning to crack
Coral fungus
Milk chocolate curls
An attractive little cluster
Keeping each other company
One of my forest finds
Sunlit moss
One lone mushroom
Beauty in the forest
Purple Club Coral / alloclavaria purpurea
Puffballs in the forest
Hiding in the moss
One busy log
Hiding in the moss
Forest display
Standing alone
Lactarius rufus
Hidden treasure
Bolete sp.
Pushing up through the mosses
Orange Peel Fungus / Aleuria aurantia
It takes a village to raise a child
Seating for four
Disintegration
Living in a green world
Back to the forest
Hydnellum scrobiculatum
Splash of colour in the forest
Surprise, surprise ... a shroom
White
Ready to catch the raindrops
A different colour
Brown-haired White Cup
What a colour
In mushroom paradise
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Unidentified fungus
This is a macro shot of a cluster of small fungi that seem to have no particular shape. Wish I knew a lot about mushrooms and other fungi. I wonder if they are some kind of Saddle fungus - I came across Helvella elastica on an Internet search last night, but I've no idea if they could be that.
On 8 August 2015, I decided to drive SW of the city for a while. It was a Saturday, so I thought I would go and check if there were other people parked at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. I had more or less stopped going into the forest there by myself, especially the last couple of years, knowing that Cougar and Bears can be seen there. All I have seen - so far! - is a large Moose on a couple of occasions. The place gives me the creeps, so I usually just walk through the trees closest to the parking lot.
Just a minute or two after entering the forest near the parking lot, I flushed a Grouse, which scared the life out of me. They tend to wait, hidden, and then when you are almost by them, they suddenly "explode" out of the bushes, making ones heart beat fast.
The opposite side of the trail, where I usually find a few mushrooms, had pools of water after the two devastating rain and hail storms that we had had recently. With several cars in the small parking lot, I decided to go just a short way into the park, trying to forget that animals can "smell fear". I did come across a few quite nice mushrooms, but with such a dry, hot summer, this season so far had not been good for fungi. As always, never eat any kind of mushroom unless you are an expert!
The second time my heart started beating really fast was when I was trying to focus on a mushroom and I was aware of a deep, huffing kind of sound coming from right behind me. Slowly turning around, dreading what I might see, I discovered it was just a small Red Squirrel, low down on his/her tree, just a couple of feet away from me. I've never ever heard a Squirrel make this kind of sound before! Sounded rather like what I imagine a bear might sound like, ha.
Almost back at the edge of the forest, I was happy as can be to hear quite a commotion that I recognized as being American Three-toed Woodpeckers. There were three of them high up in a tree, with at least one of them being a noisy, hungry juvenile that was feeding itself but every now and then would want the adult to feed it. This species is uncommon in Alberta, year round, so it's always a treat to see one - and especially three.
On 8 August 2015, I decided to drive SW of the city for a while. It was a Saturday, so I thought I would go and check if there were other people parked at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. I had more or less stopped going into the forest there by myself, especially the last couple of years, knowing that Cougar and Bears can be seen there. All I have seen - so far! - is a large Moose on a couple of occasions. The place gives me the creeps, so I usually just walk through the trees closest to the parking lot.
Just a minute or two after entering the forest near the parking lot, I flushed a Grouse, which scared the life out of me. They tend to wait, hidden, and then when you are almost by them, they suddenly "explode" out of the bushes, making ones heart beat fast.
The opposite side of the trail, where I usually find a few mushrooms, had pools of water after the two devastating rain and hail storms that we had had recently. With several cars in the small parking lot, I decided to go just a short way into the park, trying to forget that animals can "smell fear". I did come across a few quite nice mushrooms, but with such a dry, hot summer, this season so far had not been good for fungi. As always, never eat any kind of mushroom unless you are an expert!
The second time my heart started beating really fast was when I was trying to focus on a mushroom and I was aware of a deep, huffing kind of sound coming from right behind me. Slowly turning around, dreading what I might see, I discovered it was just a small Red Squirrel, low down on his/her tree, just a couple of feet away from me. I've never ever heard a Squirrel make this kind of sound before! Sounded rather like what I imagine a bear might sound like, ha.
Almost back at the edge of the forest, I was happy as can be to hear quite a commotion that I recognized as being American Three-toed Woodpeckers. There were three of them high up in a tree, with at least one of them being a noisy, hungry juvenile that was feeding itself but every now and then would want the adult to feed it. This species is uncommon in Alberta, year round, so it's always a treat to see one - and especially three.
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