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Index of Subjects 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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