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Index of Subjects I, too, have stinging nettle growing here and for the first time, have several red admirals flittering around. Patricia Dix Greenwich NS David & Alison Webster wrote: > Dear All, July 2, 2010 > Myxomycete-- I noticed a Slime Mold on a old hardwood board > yesterday, shedding light brown spores, so took a few minutes this > evening to examine it: > > Stalk jet black, glabrous, polished, 0.036 mm diam x 2 mm long; > > Sporangia 4.3 mm long (~7 mm long when stuffed with spores ?) x 0.36 > mm diam, cylindrical [excepting sometimes gradual increase in diameter > over up to 0.8 mm at base and gradual decrease in diameter to > hemispheric tip over 0.4 mm], the general shape retained after spores > are shed by a highly branched pale brown capillitium arranged around a > dark axis that tapers gradually to the tip [sometimes becoming faint > near tip & merging with capillitium. > > Spores spherical, smooth, 8.0 microns in diameter. > > It resembles an illustration of Stemonitis fusca that I happen to > have at hand. > > Red Admiral-- I don't recall having seen one in the yard before this > year and have seen >5 in the garden so far; on bare soil. I planted > some nettle last year (for self not butterflies) but now see that > nettle is a host for Red Admiral. Perhaps RA are unusually common > this year (?) or perhaps the Nettle has drawn them in but so far I > have not seen them near the Nettle. > > Deer-- Yesterday I noticed evidence of recent deer browse by in the > yard (June 29th likely); Aster cordifolius (Heart-leaved Aster) > methodically chewed back as usual (but the first time this year) and, > new this year, new shoots of Cornus stolonifera (Red Osier Dogwood) > browsed back [perhaps because they are unusually rank and vigorous > this year]. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >
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