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Hi there,
I wish that I had an answer for Leslie, but I don't. I too
have noticed an abundance of fungi recently, including some less
common ones. Recently at the Frog Pond in Jollimore, HRM I have seen
two different species which I have never seen in that location
before. Both are bright yellow/orange. One is upright, clublike
(i.e. no umbrella-like cap) and about as big as a thumb or
finger. It was growing in clusters near an old log. I saw something
like it at Mount Uniacke a number of years ago; Reta Cook and I were
looking for fungi after an HFN field trip one October, and spent some
time photographing them. I recall they were in the "Earth Tongues"
group. Hans Toom has a lovely photo on his website,
http://hanstoom.com/Highlights/August08.html , of a yellow species
which looks rather similar.
Another species I have seen at the Frog Pond is smaller,
with a thin wiry/curly body, and almost translucent. This one I have
never seen anywhere before.
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 09:28 AM 19/09/2008, Lesley Butters wrote:
>Over the past two days, our hiking group (WWWW) were on trails in
>and around the Economy area of NS. The smell of rotting vegetation
>and the coolish air made us feel that the Fall Season was quickly
>sneaking in behind the last few days of our rather damp Summer.
>Damp seasons have a place in nature and one of the fascinating
>subjects along all the trails wee gals hiked, was the beauty of the
>forest floor. Wonderful varieties of Mushrooms / Fungi fascinated us
>all as we appreciated every step along the trails.
>Our group knows very little about mushrooms and we would love to
>learn more about identifying varieties of mushrooms. Are there any
>lectures being given within HRM within the next few weeks on the
>subject of Fungi/Mushrooms?
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