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--Apple-Mail-875--947232004 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] mushies and toad lily in Wolfville > > SEPT. 11, 2013 - Along Elm St. in Wolfville, I photographed two > mushrooms with yellowish caps and orange-brown gills underneath, > growing on a low stump like shelf fungi, in a residential garden -- > Nancy Nickerson identified the fungi as Gymnopilus junonius, also > known as Gymnopilus spectabilis, and called "Big Laughing Gym" in > Japan (see Audubon Guide to Mushrooms) because its ingestion has > caused "unmotivated laughter and foolish behavior"! > > Across the street in the gardens of the Clock Park were just a few > wine-cap stropharia mushrooms (Stropharia rugosoannulata), compared > with oodles of them there last May and the previous Autumn. Nancy > also sent this link for more info': http://www.mushroomexpert.com/ > stropharia_rugosoannulata.html . > > Also in that garden were some small-but-very-striking lilies that > were light purplish with dark purple spots on the petals and > sepals. Last year Nancy N. identified these for us as Toad Lily > (Tricyrtis sp.), an ornamental lily. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-875--947232004 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] mushies and toad lily = in Wolfville</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>SEPT. 11, 2013 = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">- Along Elm St. in = Wolfville, I photographed two </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>mushrooms</b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6"> with yellowish caps and orange-brown gills = underneath, growing on a low stump like shelf fungi, in a residential = garden -- Nancy Nickerson identified the fungi as </font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><i>Gymnopilus junonius</i></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">, also known as </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><i>Gymnopilus = spectabilis</i></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">, and = called "Big Laughing Gym" in Japan (see Audubon Guide to Mushrooms) = because its ingestion has caused "unmotivated laughter and foolish = behavior"!</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">Across the street in the gardens of the Clock Park were just a = few </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>wine-cap stropharia</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6"> mushrooms (</font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><i>Stropharia = rugosoannulata</i></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">), = compared with oodles of them there last May and the previous = Autumn. Nancy also sent this link for more info': = </font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial; color: #001ee6"><a = href=3D"http://www.mushroomexpert.com/stropharia_rugosoannulata.html">http= ://www.mushroomexpert.com/stropharia_rugosoannulata.html</a> = .</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">Also in that garden were some small-but-very-striking lilies = that were light purplish with dark purple spots on the petals and = sepals. Last year Nancy N. identified these for us as </font><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Toad Lily = </b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#0a28ce" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce">(</font><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: = #001cd5"><i>Tricyrtis</i></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#0a28ce" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0a28ce"> sp.), an = ornamental lily.</font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6"> </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-875--947232004--
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