365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Fungal Fun From Flatland
Day 13: Whenever I'm in a new area or one I only frequent on occasion, I try to find time to wander along a nature trail or somewhere else I'm likely to run across strange new lichens or fungi. Today, I happened to be in the Tumwater area visiting friends, and scored big-time! Tomorrow's post will feature a new Cladonia (lichen) for my Life List; today's shows a colony of Calocera fungus fingers. Without examining the spores under a microscope, I cannot be 100% certain of the species, but my "best guess" would be Calocera cornea. This specimen was growing on a section of decaying maple. Another colony had sprouted on the cut end. Never mind the rain! It's always a good day when I find a new species, even better when I find two!
Labels:
Black Lake Meadows,
Calocera sp.,
fungus,
Tumwater
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