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.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Blah Beauty
Day 362: The Pacific Northwest is famous for its diverse Coral fungi. Like the holotype of its brilliant red cousin R. araiospora, the specimen from which Ramaria acrisiccescens was described botanically was collected only a few miles from my house. It is much more abundant than araiospora; in fact, I was compelled to watch where I was walking yesterday to avoid stepping on it. While these examples were hand-sized, others were as large as a gallon milk jug. When seen in the scattered light of sun-fleck forest, the translucent branch tips fairly glow, suggesting that its common name of "Blah Coral" was ascribed to it for its lack of gustatory appeal rather than its aesthetic quality.
Labels:
Blah Coral,
Ramaria acrisiccescens,
T Woods
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