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.
Saturday, October 3, 2015
The Ramaria Report
Day 355: After my prime specimen of Ramaria araiospora fell to a vicious predator of the two-legged sort (and I am not talking about Sasquatch), I went on a serious hunt for another example of this uncommon coral fungus. I found not one, but two, and their location will remain my secret. Several years ago, I found my first araiospora in full glory not far from the edge of a popular trail. I cannot say how or when it disappeared, but after I tracked its development through two or three autumn seasons, documenting it in photos, it ceased appearing in its customary niche beside a small drainage. I can only hope that these two will go undiscovered.
Labels:
fungi,
Ramaria araiospora,
Red Coral
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