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Tag Archives: mushroom
09.26.2018 Three Edibles
I don’t forage, so these had nothing to fear from me and I wasn’t going to deprive all those spores of their destinies. But there are a few mushrooms that are unmistakable even to a layperson like me. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, chicken of the woods, fungus, Gem-studded Puffball, Laccaria ochropurpurea, Laetiporus sulphureus, Lycoperdon perlatum, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Purple-gilled Laccaria, Quabbin, western massachusetts
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08.23.2018 Here you go, Andrew…a waterfall and a mushroom
This past Sunday I visited Bear’s Den to see how the waterfall was doing. It was doing very well. Lots and lots of water. (I posted a tannin colored cascade from here the other day) And there was also an … Continue reading
Posted in Fungi, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades
Tagged Amanita muscaria, Bear's Den Waterfall, fungus, landscape, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, New England Waterfalls, New Salem, The Trustees of Reservations, water, waterfall, western massachusetts
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08.21.2018 Coral-pink Merulius
After two shots of froggie yesterday, he hopped under a log. When I hopped over the log to see if I could see him I saw this instead. Phlebia incarnata. There were several groups of these along the log but … Continue reading
08.12.2018 Amanita…do not eat a
The Blusher (Amanita rubescens) is variable in appearance. Supposedly edible if properly prepared (like a pufferfish), but as I suggest in the title, I wouldn’t take a chance on any Amanita.
04.01.2017 Scaly Chanterelle and an Orange Chanteuse.
Lots of good April Fool’s stuff going around, but that’s not in my wheelhouse, as they say, so I’ll just post something more summery on this snowy, slushy April 1st. Turbinellus kauffmanii fka Gomphus kauffmanii fka Cantharellus kauffmanii-Kauffman’s Scaly Chantarelle … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, ecology, Fungi, macro photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Trustees of Reservations, Western Massachusetts
Tagged amphibian, Cantharellus kauffmanii, chantarelle, Chesterfield Gorge, eastern newt, eastern red-spotted newt, fungus, Gomphus kauffmanii, mushroom, natural history image, Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft, The Trustees of Reservations, Turbinellus kauffmanii
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09.14.2015 Sure, why not…Monday ‘shroom
Well, I am sitting here in relative panic mode. I just boxed up and UPSed off my 5D Mark II to Canon for a clean and check. There are a few spots on the sensor that my Sensor Swabs cannot … Continue reading
09.13.2015 Sunday ‘shroom
Sounds like a regular thing, but probably not. However, it is Sunday and it is a mushroom although not at all toadstool-like. After shooting the fog in New Salem yesterday morning, I walked the Norwottuck Railtrail in Amherst and found … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography
Tagged Amherst, bird's nest fungus, Crucibulum laeve, Cyathus striatus, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, Norwottuck Rail Trail, splash cup fungus, striaste bird's nest, western massachusetts, White-egg Bird's Nest fungus, wood mulch fungus
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