Showing posts with label Nisqually State Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nisqually State Park. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Near Miss

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Day 34: It may have been the thudding of our boots on the frosty ground which startled this young Long-Toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodacty...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Manke Mt. Morning

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Day 33: It is rare that I hike with a companion other than when botanizing, so when my friend Yonit suggested a local non-Park hike, I almos...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Wrecked On The Mashel

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Day 162: In these days of COVID-19 and social distancing, it's becoming increasingly difficult for me to find natural-history materia...
Friday, March 20, 2020

The Bear Went Over The Mountain

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Day 159: You know the song. You probably sang it in Scouts or Guides or even just with your family while sitting around the campfire roas...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Boogers Identified

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Day 152: Perhaps the most useful phrase in the world of science is this: "Looks like I was wrong." If you can't make yourself ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Lichenomphalia Umbellifera

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Day 151: Yesterday, we talked about an ascomycetic fungus (i.e., a fungus which reproduces like a lichen), so today, we'll switch it a...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Natural Art

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Day 65: As a scientist, I am always picking things up to get a closer look, maybe using a magnifier, sometimes even nicking a small sampl...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Tremella Mesenterica On Hardwood

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Day 61: Natural history lesson for the day: it is often helpful to identify the substrate on which a lichen or fungus is growing. Some sp...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Hypogymnia Tubulosa

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Day 61: This little bugger threw me for a loop. I discovered many examples of it while hiking recently in Nisqually State Park, and I th...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Pierced Ear

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Day 59: Whodathunk it? Mother Nature has a pierced ear! It only makes sense that she'd keep up with trends, but I was still surprised to...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Schizophyllum Commune, Split-Gill Fungus

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Day 46: I raised my leg to step over the log, looked down to be sure I wasn't going to scrape off any lichens or moss, and there it w...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Usnea Pacificana

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Day 44: For the second time this month, I've used UV to identify a lichen species. Y'see, I'd gone to the library and since I...
Saturday, November 9, 2019

Ridiculously Lichenicolous Stick

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Day 27: This is a Ridiculously Lichenicolous Stick. RLS's are not uncommon in the Pacific Northwest and come in a variety of types de...
Thursday, November 7, 2019

Cladonia Squamosa

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Day 25: Squamous...that was what caught my eye: the sheer squamosity (and yes, that's a legitimate word) of this particular Cladonia....
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Hypogymnia Enteromorpha, Budding Tube Lichen

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Day 24: I've spoken in the past about "micro-ecologies," those little pockets where very specific conditions allow a specie...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

All Der Leaves

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Day 23: All der leaves have fallen...cottonwood, maple, willow, cascara, an errant oak, and yes, alder leaves, all have fallen and lie on...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Nisqually State Park

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Day 17: Between nasty-cold weather and a sore knee, perambulations through Nature's wonders have been at a minimum for the last week...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

Bisporella Citrina, Lemon Discos

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Day 13: Hiking in deciduous forest affords opportunities to find things you wouldn't see among conifers. I can't say what prompt...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Cladonia Fimbriata

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Day 12: The Cladonias are particularly difficult to differentiate, to the extent that experts will often disagree even as they're sta...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Evernia Prunastri And Usnea Scabrata

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Day 365: I often refer to lichens as the "wildflowers of winter," in part because that's when many of them form their fruit...