Mid-Winter Fungus Foray Filoli Center, January 2001 |
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| A knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide, like Filoli Nature Docent Bill Freedman, adds to the enjoyment of a mushroom foray. Colorful mushrooms, like the Candy Caps on the left, favor sheltered forest areas. While Oyster mushrooms, on the right, favor tree trunks and logs. | ||
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| A group of "LBOs" (little brown ones). | ||
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| Learning
to recognize key mushroom traits helps with identification. On the left, a colorful "Slippery Jack"; on the right, a pair of mauve-tinged Blewits. |
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| Favoring the forest floor, the Common Brown Cup can grow quite large. | ||
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| Bill encourages the use of a magnifying glass to fully appreciate complex fungus types. "Turbin Caps" completely curl up as they spore until they resemble little turbans. | ||
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| This beautiful "marmalade" cat accompanied us for a while. | ||
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| Our foray group enjoyed the hushed solitude of the Filoli gardens in winter. | ||
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| A tiny mushroom reaches for the light among decaying leaves on the forest floor. | ||
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| In
winter, these deer bones and antlers provide much needed calcium for mice and other woodland creatures. They will be nibbled alway completely by summer. |
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| Fairy Rings can be found annually in ever-widening circles. | ||
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