Oak leaf and insect gall
Showy Milkweed with bee
Seedpod of Datura sp.?
A bright splash of colour
Fall colour
Small fungi growing among the mosses
Like floral flames for a deep-freeze day
Beginning to burst
The droplet
Remembering summer colours
Snowman who loves Amanitas
A splash of fall colour
Cheery sunflower
Unidentified fruit
Summer colour
Goat's-beard with visitor
The Sickener / Russula emetica?
Decorating the base of a tree
Seedhead wisps
Just needed colour
Heart of a Snowdrop
Chocolate Pansy / Chocolate Soldier / Junonia iphi…
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Bark patterns on a cut log
Wild Bergamot
Showing off its gills
Invasive Goat's-beard and Baby's breath
Chocolate chip lichen / Solorina crocea
Pinedrops
Crab on the pier at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Giant seedpod of the Flame Tree, Blue Waters Inn,…
Cutie on the beach - Atlantic ghost crab / Ocypode…
Ixora
Splash of colour
Tropical shell
It's hard work, but someone's got to do it
Aphelandra sp. (Aphelandra pulcherrima?), Little T…
Torch Ginger / Etlingera eliator, Trinidad
Cacao tree (chocolate!), on way to Brasso Seco, Tr…
Artichoke, Saskatoon Farm
Splash of colour, Trinidad
Powder Puff flower / Calliandra, Trinidad
Ant on Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Vervain / Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Asa Wright N…
American Robin's egg on the ground
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Springtime colour
Shooting stars / Dodecatheon sp. (and Dandelions)
Tall Lungwort
One of many
Wild and wonderful Lupines
Dandelion perfection
Meadow Goat's-beard / Tragopogon pratensis
Indian Breadroot / Pediomelum esculentum
Striped Coralroot / Corallorhiza striata
Unidentified plant - Milkvetch?
A splash of much-needed colour
Red Baneberry, Waterton Lakes National Park
Gaillardia
Bear Grass starting to open
Yellow Angelica / Angelica dawsonii
Colour for a snowy day
Narcissus
Raindrops
Clematis after the rain
Simplicity
Hiding in the shadows
Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus / Sarcodon imbricat…
Peregrine Falcon talons
A beauty from mushroom season
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
Growing on a tree trunk
A splash of different colour
Mariposa Lily
Colours and textures
Turquoise fungi / Blue Stain / Chlorociboria aerug…
A big splash of colour
Aging beauties
Fungi goblets
Deadly duo - Amanita muscaria
Katydid on Common Tansy
Sunflower going to seed
Alpine Harebell
Astilbe
Ice crystals on a mountain top
As fall colours come to an end
Larch in fall colour
Brightness on a cloudy day
Puffballs on Plateau Mountain
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
A fine network of cells - maybe Arcyria obvelata?
Rusty Gilled Polypore / Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Yesterday's find
Autumn berries
Three insect species on a single flower
Strap/Coral Club / Clavariadelphus ligula
Reindeer lichen
Look into my eyes
Fungus on a log
Highbush cranberry / Viburnum opulus var. american…
Growing amongst the mosses
Dragonfly in Southern Alberta - a Flame Skimmer?
Why I would never eat wild mushrooms : )
Gathering in the forest
An odd colour in nature
False Morel fungus
Texture
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
Aspen Roughstem Bolete / Leccinum insigne
A family of textured caps
A garden in the forest
A fun find
A cute little cluster
Yellow Columbine
Cream and wine-coloured
Yellow Avens / Geum aleppicum
Pinedrops / Pterospora - rare
Fungi family
Popular with the flies
Northern Gentian
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Beauty in the forest
Gaillardia with little visitor
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On 3 September 2016, we had a fungi morning, which was quite rewarding and definitely fun. Our leader and friend, Karel, is very knowledgeable about fungi and he took 14 of us (plus Karel's two beautiful Beagles) on a foray to West Bragg Creek, maybe an hour's drive west of the city. We had been here a few times over the years, either looking for fungi or on botany outings.
Photographing our findings usually means that I am way at the back of the group or have fallen back with a friend or two. Consequently, the mushrooms have often already been plucked/cut by the time we catch up to the rest of the participants. I also miss a lot of what is being said about IDs and details. It would take far too long to write down the name of each find - each photo taken would have to be carefully numbered so that the right name could be attached and this would be such a hassle when out with a group. Since this outing, Karel has sent an email containing several photos along with IDs. The rest of my photos will have to be just nameless 'pretty pictures' : ) I must add here that any IDs that I give are always tentative, as I know so little about fungi. Another thing to add is that I never, ever pick and eat wild mushrooms!! Too many look similar, some edible, others poisonous. If you are not a fungi expert, never take the risk of eating any of them.
I met up with friend, Sandy, at 8:15 am and she drove us out to the meeting place. My drive from home was done with my windshield wipers on my new car working non-stop - was it raining? No, it had rained the day before - hail, too, on my gleaming new vehicle that I had only had for five days! I needed to clean the windshield, but, once again, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to turn the wipers off. Amazes me how complicated the wiper options are!
Our morning walk started off by going across the small bridge not far from the parking lot, then part way up the hill and then bush-whacking our way through the forest. This walk, which ended around lunch time, was the main one, but we did stop at a small, gravel parking area a few minutes along the main road, to do a second walk to check for any different mushrooms. This extra walk has yielded a few beauties in past years. Perhaps the most interesting find was a very small twig that had several tiny, turquoise coloured fungi cups on it. The colour looks so out of place in a natural area. My photos of them did not turn out very well, but I did eventually post one of them, just for the very unusual colour.
From here, a few of us stopped at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek for lunch. Always a most enjoyable way to finish any outing. Before we climbed into the car for our return drive to Calgary, Sandy and I wandered into the beautiful Art Gallery, owned and run by Bob and Candy Cook. Named Branded Visuals Inc.(Printing Services/Wildlife Gallery), this small store is overflowing with Bob's absolutely amazing photographic works of art. Thanks so much, Bob and Candy, for remembering our chance meeting a number of years ago, down in Fish Creek Park, and for your overly generous words about my own photography.
www.brandedvisuals.com/index.html
Thanks so much, Karel, for giving us a great morning! We really appreciate your passing on your knowledge to us. The same thanks go to Suzanne, the mushroom specialist in Calgary. Sandy, really appreciated the ride there and back!
Photographing our findings usually means that I am way at the back of the group or have fallen back with a friend or two. Consequently, the mushrooms have often already been plucked/cut by the time we catch up to the rest of the participants. I also miss a lot of what is being said about IDs and details. It would take far too long to write down the name of each find - each photo taken would have to be carefully numbered so that the right name could be attached and this would be such a hassle when out with a group. Since this outing, Karel has sent an email containing several photos along with IDs. The rest of my photos will have to be just nameless 'pretty pictures' : ) I must add here that any IDs that I give are always tentative, as I know so little about fungi. Another thing to add is that I never, ever pick and eat wild mushrooms!! Too many look similar, some edible, others poisonous. If you are not a fungi expert, never take the risk of eating any of them.
I met up with friend, Sandy, at 8:15 am and she drove us out to the meeting place. My drive from home was done with my windshield wipers on my new car working non-stop - was it raining? No, it had rained the day before - hail, too, on my gleaming new vehicle that I had only had for five days! I needed to clean the windshield, but, once again, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to turn the wipers off. Amazes me how complicated the wiper options are!
Our morning walk started off by going across the small bridge not far from the parking lot, then part way up the hill and then bush-whacking our way through the forest. This walk, which ended around lunch time, was the main one, but we did stop at a small, gravel parking area a few minutes along the main road, to do a second walk to check for any different mushrooms. This extra walk has yielded a few beauties in past years. Perhaps the most interesting find was a very small twig that had several tiny, turquoise coloured fungi cups on it. The colour looks so out of place in a natural area. My photos of them did not turn out very well, but I did eventually post one of them, just for the very unusual colour.
From here, a few of us stopped at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek for lunch. Always a most enjoyable way to finish any outing. Before we climbed into the car for our return drive to Calgary, Sandy and I wandered into the beautiful Art Gallery, owned and run by Bob and Candy Cook. Named Branded Visuals Inc.(Printing Services/Wildlife Gallery), this small store is overflowing with Bob's absolutely amazing photographic works of art. Thanks so much, Bob and Candy, for remembering our chance meeting a number of years ago, down in Fish Creek Park, and for your overly generous words about my own photography.
www.brandedvisuals.com/index.html
Thanks so much, Karel, for giving us a great morning! We really appreciate your passing on your knowledge to us. The same thanks go to Suzanne, the mushroom specialist in Calgary. Sandy, really appreciated the ride there and back!
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