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  Spotted this Huron skipper on some feral spearmint. #nature #bloomscrolling #insects #butterflies

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  These goldenhaired inkcaps (Parasola auricoma) only last for a few hours. I had lucky timing. #nature #mushroom #mushrooms #mushtodon #fungi

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  I'm glad I randomly decided to go check on my allotment bed today, because the winecaps (Stropharia rugosoannulata) that I established six months ago have borne fruit! We've had some rain, but wacky hot and cold spikes, so there were a few small caps that had dried up. Nevertheless, I got a nice handful in decent enough shape to try. They smelled great. I dry-fried them in my cast-iron skillet, getting some nice browning on them, and then finished with some sage, butter and shaoxing wine...

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  "Oh..beg your pardon.." #nature #deer #animals

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  This week, I caught young, fresh bear corn starting to come up through the leaf litter! Bear corn/American Cancer-root/Conopholis americana isn't a fungus..it's a non-photosythesizing parasitic plant, similar to the more well-known ghost pipes(Monotropa uniflora.) They grow off of the roots of oak and beech trees, staying mostly invisible underground, but pop up to flower and set seed. I had seen the dried-up brown cone remnants in this area previously, so I knew to be on the lookout! Wi...

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  Checking in on my favorite patch of tiny earthstars and miniaturized fairyland plants. #nature #fungi #mushroom #mushrooms #mushtodon

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  It's finally Friday, which means I will be able to spend a nice long time outside tomorrow. My Hippeastrum striatum seed pods have all opened, and I started the daunting task of sorting through my seed collection and preparing for seed starting. I'm heading out to a seed swap event tomorrow with everything in the third photo. I wish I had room to grow Blue Hubbards.. #nature #seeds #gardening #zone6b #zone7a #seedsaving