Day 358: When my friend Rob and his dad were here visiting from New Zealand in late June, it was only natural for them to request a grand tour of my yard. I hadn't expected it would come immediately after they got settled in, but it did. I showed them the Berry Pen, the Barren Wasteland, the contorted filbert, the fig tree, etc. and so forth and, thinking I'd covered all the bases, led them around to go in the front door. Rob surprised me by saying, "I want to see the Joe Stick." I burst out laughing, amazed that he even remembered my posts about Chlorociboria aeruginascens, the tiny aqua-blue fungus my botany partners had gifted to me several years before. "It's JUNE, Rob!" I replied. "It probably won't even be visible as a blue smear. It fruits in autumn." But I obligingly parted the hosta leaves, dug down beneath the ferns and extracted the Stick. It had just a few discs showing which satisfied Rob's curiosity. With that in mind, this post is for him. The Stick is not yet in its full glory, but I am happy to report that this unusual fungus is still performing quite well in my Garden of Botanical Curiosities.
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