[NatureNS] Early-blooming plant and unusual fungus

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Pat, On the fungus, I agree with David W.  The flowering plant: A neat =
find!!  Its appearance, where you found it,and the blooming time leads =
me to highly suspect Daphne (Daphne mezereum), an early blooming shrub =
with an interesting history that relates back to early Acadian =
settlement and their gardens in this part of N.S.   I too have come =
across it in walks this time of the year, especially in the woods behind =
Noggin Corner Farm, Greenwich (usually a little later in April).  Its =
flowers and fruit are  apparently is quite poisonous.
    Sherman

Here are three links  you may find of interest:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/?section=3Dspecies&id=3D83
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.info?p_psn=3D193&p_type=3Dall&p_sci=3Dc=
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On Apr 9, 2012, at 5:40 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:

> Try two. Apr 9, 2012
>  I sent this earlier today (tomorrow according to my date) that may =
have caused to to snag on a filter.
> DW, Kentville
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David & Alison Webster
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> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Early-blooming plant and unusual fungus
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> Hi Patrick & All,                        Apr 10, 2012
>     For your fungus I suspect Ganoderma tsugae; immature or =
parasitized. If immature Ganoderma then it should become varnished and =
(usually) dark red with maturity.
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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> From: Patrick Kelly
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> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 7:37 PM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Early-blooming plant and unusual fungus
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> Hello everyone:
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> I went for a hike yesterday on the new community trail in Avondale. It =
was the first time in a long while since I have such large patches of =
juniper!  Near the start of the trail was a stump that had a fungus I =
have never seen growing out of it. In fact, on first inspection, it =
looked like someone had made them out of pewter and stuck them to the =
stump as a decoration. The effect was heightened as the "stalks" were =
the same diameter, right to the wood, as it didn't seem possible for it =
to be like that with no disturbance in the wood, unless it was held on =
with a protruding nail. They ever sounded hollow when tapped.
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> The other odd item I came across was a shrub in full bloom. It was =
waist high, and shaped almost like a candelabra, with the flowers on =
vertical sections of branch. I have seen comments from people that their =
daphne is in bloom in late winter, but never having seen a daphne plant =
I was not sure if this was an example. The plant was in an area that was =
growing in, so it's possible it may have been part of a garden in the =
past.=20
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> The pictures are at:
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> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Mushroom1.JPG
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> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Shrub.JPG
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after-white-space; ">Pat, On the fungus, I agree with David W. &nbsp;The =
flowering plant: A neat find!! &nbsp;Its appearance, where you found =
it,and the blooming time leads me to highly suspect Daphne (Daphne =
mezereum), an early blooming shrub with an interesting history that =
relates back to early Acadian settlement and their gardens in this part =
of N.S. &nbsp; I too have come across it in walks this time of the year, =
especially in the woods behind Noggin Corner Farm, Greenwich (usually a =
little later in April). &nbsp;Its flowers and fruit are &nbsp;apparently =
is quite poisonous.<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; =
Sherman</div><div><br></div><div>Here are three links &nbsp;you may find =
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