Gaillardia
Backlit Sunflower
Amanita muscaria
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Puffballs and others growing on a tree stump
Sitting Earthstar / Geoastrum sessile
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Highlight of my day - Fly agaric / Amanita muscari…
Shaggy parasol / Macrolepidota rhachodes
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Not "The Sickener"
Sunflower, against a pink barn
Orange False Dandelion
Shaggy Mane / Inky Cap
A summer memory
Amanita muscaria, with insects (mosquitoes?)
Brown Cup & Golden Pluteus / Pluteus chrysophlebiu…
Spathiphyllum wallisii
Garden flower
Colours of fall
Bighorn Sheep, Kananaskis
Hooded False Morel / Gyromitra infula – poisonous
Puffballs on a rotting log
Honey Mushrooms / Armillaria mellea
Bighorn curiosity
Hops / Humulus lupulus
Hot Wings Maple
The sunflower droop
Bighorn Sheep female
Mold on a fungus?
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Mushroom growing on a log
Yellow mushroom
Mushroom cluster
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Bighorn Sheep female
Goat's-beard / Tragopogon dubius
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Pholiota terrestris growing in soil
Pholiota destruens fungus on cut end of a log
Slime mold, Pringle Mt forest walk
Watched by wooden eyes
Edible King Oyster mushrooms, Akesi Farms
Colour in the garden
Domestic Goose female, Akesi Farms
Chicken at Akesi Farms
Wild Sunflower sp.
Campion
Campion / Silene sp.
Splash of colour
Artichoke
Sunflower in full bloom
Opening Sunflower bud
Gazania
Globe Centurea / Centaurea macrocephala with bee
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Mexican Hat
Flowers at the Saskatoon Farm - Solanum sp.
Weathered window from the smaller red barn
Red Baneberry
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Flower close-up
Sunflower details
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
Wild Licorice?
Fungi on a tree stump
Purple/Water Avens / Geum rivale
Fungus guttation droplets
Bee on Tall Larkspur / Delphinium exaltatum
Bright and beautiful
Colour for an overcast day
Great Horned Owl - rehab
Swainson's Hawk, immature
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Opening Gaillardia flower
Wilson's Snipe, having a stretch
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Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Mountain Bluebird male
Mountain Bluebird female
Mountain Bluebird male
Common Grackle after a bath
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Bolete
This morning, 1 September 2019, I have posted 7 more photos from our fungus foray in West Bragg Creek, on 30 August. Our leader (Czechoslovakian) always lets out a loud exclamation of joy whenever he comes across a beautiful Bolete mushroom, perfect for soup or other delicious meals.
Note: any IDs given are always tentative, even when we have been provided with an ID. Fungi are not easy to identify and caution must always be taken if a person picks mushrooms for eating! Unless you are a trained specialist, never eat wild mushrooms.
How many fungus species are there? It depends on what you read. For example, the two comments below are extremely different!
"Currently, there are over 10,000 known types of mushrooms. That may seem like a large number, but mycologists suspect that this is only a fraction of what's out there! We can put these various species in one of 4 categories: saprotrophic, mycorrhizal, parasitic, and endophytic." From link below.
www.mushroom-appreciation.com/types-of-mushrooms.html
"Even scientists don’t currently agree on how many fungi there might be but only about 120,000 of them have been described so far." From link below.
www.lanl.gov/museum/news/newsletter/2018/01/fungi.php
Two days ago, on 30 August 2019, I went with a small group of friends to search for fungi at West Bragg Creek, west of Calgary. I had been hoping for a bright, sunny day that would allow enough light into the forest for photography. However, that was not the case, but at least we didn't have rain, unlike yesterday and today, overcast and raining. Most unwelcome weather for a long weekend. I'm wearing a sweater, and have turned on the heating. Is this really still summer? In fact, did we actually have a summer? High temperature yesterday was 14C and it's only 12C as I type.
What we did have was the joy of finding enough fungi to keep us happy. We sure had to work hard to see them, with even more bush-whacking than usual. The forest floor is treacherous there, with such a dense blanket of soft moss, that you never knew when you were going to suddenly sink. In contrast, there are a lot of fallen trees and broken branches to trip you. Unfortunately, we did have one casualty that resulted in blood, and no doubt a few bruises today. I find that every single step you take needs to be done with great caution - and with good friends who help when necessary! We got a real workout and I definitely feel painful today.
When I arrived at the parking lot first thing, a huge, lit sign said "Warning - bears in the area"! Not the first time that has happened, and I know I would never go exploring on my own. As it was, the only animals we saw were Maggie and Ben, our leader's Beagles.
Note: any IDs given are always tentative, even when we have been provided with an ID. Fungi are not easy to identify and caution must always be taken if a person picks mushrooms for eating! Unless you are a trained specialist, never eat wild mushrooms.
How many fungus species are there? It depends on what you read. For example, the two comments below are extremely different!
"Currently, there are over 10,000 known types of mushrooms. That may seem like a large number, but mycologists suspect that this is only a fraction of what's out there! We can put these various species in one of 4 categories: saprotrophic, mycorrhizal, parasitic, and endophytic." From link below.
www.mushroom-appreciation.com/types-of-mushrooms.html
"Even scientists don’t currently agree on how many fungi there might be but only about 120,000 of them have been described so far." From link below.
www.lanl.gov/museum/news/newsletter/2018/01/fungi.php
Two days ago, on 30 August 2019, I went with a small group of friends to search for fungi at West Bragg Creek, west of Calgary. I had been hoping for a bright, sunny day that would allow enough light into the forest for photography. However, that was not the case, but at least we didn't have rain, unlike yesterday and today, overcast and raining. Most unwelcome weather for a long weekend. I'm wearing a sweater, and have turned on the heating. Is this really still summer? In fact, did we actually have a summer? High temperature yesterday was 14C and it's only 12C as I type.
What we did have was the joy of finding enough fungi to keep us happy. We sure had to work hard to see them, with even more bush-whacking than usual. The forest floor is treacherous there, with such a dense blanket of soft moss, that you never knew when you were going to suddenly sink. In contrast, there are a lot of fallen trees and broken branches to trip you. Unfortunately, we did have one casualty that resulted in blood, and no doubt a few bruises today. I find that every single step you take needs to be done with great caution - and with good friends who help when necessary! We got a real workout and I definitely feel painful today.
When I arrived at the parking lot first thing, a huge, lit sign said "Warning - bears in the area"! Not the first time that has happened, and I know I would never go exploring on my own. As it was, the only animals we saw were Maggie and Ben, our leader's Beagles.
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