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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-218-40813556 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Blake, Mushroom # 1 looks like Hygrophorus flavescens (Golden Waxy Cap); Mushroom # 2 is an Amanita, probably Amanita rubescens (Blusher) or Amanita pantherina (Panther) or something similar; I can't see enough of Mushroom # 3 (and my knowledge of mushrooms is too meagre ;->) to hazard a guess; Nice photos of Mushroom # 4 but I draw a blank on this one; Mushroom # 5 is also a classic Amanita, probably Amanita verna (Fool's Mushroom) or Amanita virosa (Destroying Angel). Cheers! Chris On 1-Aug-06, at 10:34 AM, Blake Maybank wrote: > Last Saturday I explored Hants County with a visiting photographer, > and given our foggy wet weather this past June and July it should > come as no surprise that we photographed mushrooms and ducks. We > spent most of our time in Uniacke Estate Museum Park. > > I have placed a selection of mushroom photographs on a web site, > and if anyone could help with the ID of the five mystery mushrooms, > I'd be most grateful. There are also a few other shots, including > young black ducks, and a dragonfly I've tentatively identified as a > Calico Pennant. > > The web site is: > > http://maybank.tripod.com/naturens/uniacke.htm > > Cheers, > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Blake Maybank > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm > > 144 Bayview Drive > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, > B3T 1Z1, Canada > > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > (902) 852-2077 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/404 - Release Date: > 31/07/2006 > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-218-40813556 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Blake,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Mushroom # 1 looks like <I>Hygrophorus = flavescens</I> (Golden Waxy Cap);</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Mushroom # 2 is an <I>Amanita</I>, probably = <I>Amanita </I><I>rubescens</I> (Blusher) or <I>Amanita pantherina = </I>(Panther) or something similar;=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV>I can't see = enough of Mushroom # 3 (and my knowledge of mushrooms is too meagre = ;->) to hazard a guess;</DIV><DIV>Nice photos of Mushroom # 4 but I = draw a blank on this one;</DIV><DIV><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span">Mushroom # 5 is also a classic = <I>Amanita</I>, probably=A0<I>Amanita verna</I> (Fool's Mushroom) or = <I>Amanita virosa</I> (Destroying Angel).</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV= >On 1-Aug-06, at 10:34 AM, Blake Maybank wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Last Saturday I explored Hants County with a = visiting photographer, and given our foggy wet weather this past June = and July it should come as no surprise that we photographed mushrooms = and ducks.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>We spent most = of our time in Uniacke Estate Museum Park.</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; ">I have placed = a selection of mushroom photographs on a web site, and if anyone could = help with the ID of the five mystery mushrooms, I'd be most grateful. = <SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>There are also a few = other shots, including young black ducks, and a dragonfly I've = tentatively identified as a Calico Pennant.</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; ">The web site = is:</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; "><A = href=3D"http://maybank.tripod.com/naturens/uniacke.htm">http://maybank.tri= pod.com/naturens/uniacke.htm</A></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; ">Cheers,</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; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></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; ">Blake Maybank</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"</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; ">author, = "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm">http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS= .htm</A></DIV