Brown Cup & Golden Pluteus / Pluteus chrysophlebiu…
Garden flower
Colours of fall
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta
Hooded False Morel / Gyromitra infula – poisonous
Woodland at Rod's
Puffballs on a rotting log
Honey Mushrooms / Armillaria mellea
Mold on a fungus?
Fungus
Mushrooms
Mushroom growing on a log
Yellow mushroom
Fungus
Mushroom cluster
Fungus
Large, white mushrooms
Mushrooms
Spectacular Kananaskis valley
Another drive-by shot in Kananaskis
A summer memory
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Bolete
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Highlight of my day - Fly agaric / Amanita muscari…
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Mushroom growing on top of a tall tree stump
Our leader for fungi walks, Karel Bergmann
Puffballs and others growing on a tree stump
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Gaillardia
Bolete
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Pholiota terrestris growing in soil
Fungus
Coral fungus sp.
Pholiota destruens fungus on cut end of a log
Rural Alberta
Slime mold, Pringle Mt forest walk
Edible King Oyster mushrooms, Akesi Farms
Colour in the garden
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
Wild Sunflower sp.
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
Campion
Osprey
Campion / Silene sp.
Osprey
Splash of colour
Artichoke
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Mexican Hat
Flowers at the Saskatoon Farm - Solanum sp.
Weathered by the passing years
Long ago, someone's pride and joy
One of my favourite old barns
The remaining three
Little country church, Alberta
One of my favourite old barns
Very old grain elevator in the Badlands valley
Still standing, tall and proud
Afternoon trip to the mountains
Yellow Mountain-avens / Dryas drummondii
Osprey with a fish
Osprey with a fish
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
American White Pelicans on the Bow River
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
American White Pelicans on the Bow River
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
Wild Licorice?
Fungi on a tree stump
White Admiral
False Solomon's Seal
White Admiral
Purple/Water Avens / Geum rivale
Fungus guttation droplets
Bee on Tall Larkspur / Delphinium exaltatum
Bright and beautiful
The far side of the river valley
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Amanita muscaria, with insects (mosquitoes?)
SNOW, SNOW, GO AWAY. DON'T COME BACK ANOTHER DAY! Sigh, it snowed overnight and all this morning and the snowflakes keep falling. There are about 6" of the white stuff along the top of my fence.
I did a Google search to see if Mosquitoes like Amanita muscaria mushrooms and found various websites about research that is being done, to see if this fungus species could be used as a mosquito attractant and control.
This morning, I have added 8 more photos from 8 September 2019, taken at Rod Handfield's acreage.
On that day, we had such a wonderful four and a half hours, searching for different kinds of fungi in the amazing forest on Rod Handfield's land, SW of Calgary. I think this was our tenth visit - the first one I went on, being on 25 June 2009 - each one resulting in various different species. It was so overwhelming yesterday! You didn't know which direction to face and which mushroom to photograph first. They were everywhere! Such a contrast to our visit on 6 August 2017, when basically there were no mushrooms (other than maybe three), because everywhere had been so very dry.
A day like this can be so exhausting, not just from the walking, but also because of all the excitement. That night, I slept well. The quality of many of my photos is not the best, as the day was very overcast - the last thing one wants when trying to take photos deep in the forest. After leaving Rod's, it did rain. I had driven myself there instead of carpooling, so that I could drive some of the backroads in the area after we had finished. The forecast was for sun and cloud - and I had foolishly believed it. The rain put an end to my plans and I headed for home. I'm so glad I had checked a special little spot near Rod's first thing in the morning, when I got there a bit too early. A few years ago, there was a beautiful display of Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria mushrooms growing there, but not since then. To my absolute delight, there were maybe half a dozen, in different stages of development. Surprisingly, we didn't come across a single one in Rod's forest this year.
As always, thank you so much, Rod, for so generously allowing us to explore your property. This has been my favourite place to visit for quite a number of years now. We greatly appreciate your kindness - you are always so welcoming, and we learn so much and discover so many beautiful things. Thank you, Karel, for leading the group and helping with identifications. I'm sure at least some of us are anxiously waiting for you to have time, in between leading botany walks, to post some of your photos along with their IDs. Meanwhile, "fungus" has to be sufficient for many. As usual, any IDs given are always tentative, not 100% confirmed. Rule is, if you are not an expert in mycology, do not pick wild mushrooms to eat!
I did a Google search to see if Mosquitoes like Amanita muscaria mushrooms and found various websites about research that is being done, to see if this fungus species could be used as a mosquito attractant and control.
This morning, I have added 8 more photos from 8 September 2019, taken at Rod Handfield's acreage.
On that day, we had such a wonderful four and a half hours, searching for different kinds of fungi in the amazing forest on Rod Handfield's land, SW of Calgary. I think this was our tenth visit - the first one I went on, being on 25 June 2009 - each one resulting in various different species. It was so overwhelming yesterday! You didn't know which direction to face and which mushroom to photograph first. They were everywhere! Such a contrast to our visit on 6 August 2017, when basically there were no mushrooms (other than maybe three), because everywhere had been so very dry.
A day like this can be so exhausting, not just from the walking, but also because of all the excitement. That night, I slept well. The quality of many of my photos is not the best, as the day was very overcast - the last thing one wants when trying to take photos deep in the forest. After leaving Rod's, it did rain. I had driven myself there instead of carpooling, so that I could drive some of the backroads in the area after we had finished. The forecast was for sun and cloud - and I had foolishly believed it. The rain put an end to my plans and I headed for home. I'm so glad I had checked a special little spot near Rod's first thing in the morning, when I got there a bit too early. A few years ago, there was a beautiful display of Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria mushrooms growing there, but not since then. To my absolute delight, there were maybe half a dozen, in different stages of development. Surprisingly, we didn't come across a single one in Rod's forest this year.
As always, thank you so much, Rod, for so generously allowing us to explore your property. This has been my favourite place to visit for quite a number of years now. We greatly appreciate your kindness - you are always so welcoming, and we learn so much and discover so many beautiful things. Thank you, Karel, for leading the group and helping with identifications. I'm sure at least some of us are anxiously waiting for you to have time, in between leading botany walks, to post some of your photos along with their IDs. Meanwhile, "fungus" has to be sufficient for many. As usual, any IDs given are always tentative, not 100% confirmed. Rule is, if you are not an expert in mycology, do not pick wild mushrooms to eat!
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