Wednesday, June 30, 2010
153/365: Ruins
152/365: Bleeech!
The unappetizingly named "dog vomit slime" fuligo septica. Its allegedly edible, but I'm not trying it!Labels: Project 365
151/365: Hitch
Slim Chances?
According to this anonymous analysis, there's little chance that BP will be able to stop the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, and the likely end is a wide-open bore into the oil deposit. I'm usually leery of anonymous sources, but this guy reads like he knows what he's writing about. I hope he's wrong.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
150/365: Mycena leaiana
Orange Mycena. Its not posionous, but you wouldn't want to eat it either.
Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
149/365: Laetiporus sulphureus
Chicken of the woods! A great edible, and one of the "foolproof four."Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
Friday, June 25, 2010
148/365: Indian Pipes
Not a mushroom.RIP Peter Quaife
Wow. He was only 66. I'm a huge Kinks fan, and I know they're getting on in age, but I didn't think Pete would be the first to go, even though I knew he had health problems.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
147/365: Pycnoporus cinnabarius
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Busy week
Been swamped this week, and neglected to post new pictures. I think we're caught up now.
146/365: Food Fight!
145/365 Bottletime
144/365: Twofer
143/365: My Town
142/365: Boating
141/365: Bolete
A pretty bolete I found. Not sure what it is, but it passed the edibility tests for my neck of the woods. No red pores, didn't stain blue, and no bitter taste. It looks like a birch bolete, but there were no birches to speak of where I found it, so I have no idea.Labels: mushrooms, nature, Project 365
140/365: Molly
Thursday, June 17, 2010
this drummer is at the wrong gig
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Happy Bloomsday!
Happy Bloomsday!139/365: Scaly Cap Inky
Coprinus variegatus, the scaly cap inky. Like all inky caps, the mushroom cap dissolves from the outer edge upwards and inwards, releasing the spores. This pic has them in various stages from just starting to emerge, to nearly dissolved.Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
138/365: Pool Time
137/365: Carbon Antlers
This is Xylaria hypoxylon, commonly known as carbon antlers. It is similar to Xylaria polymorpha, commonly known as dead man's fingers. What an appetizing name!Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
Sunday, June 13, 2010
136/365: Doggy Days
135/365: Swing!
134/365: Owls
Did I ever mention that my wife is into owls? Some chimes hanging off the back porch roof.Labels: Project 365, The House
133/365: Oysters!
The oyster mushroom, or Pleurotus ostreatus. Very easy to cultivate at home. This clump is growing in sterilized cottonseed hulls in a plastic grocery bag. We got the spawn and the agricultural waste at a recent mushroom club meeting.
Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
132/365: Saddle Up!
131/365: Do Not Disturb!
Monday, June 07, 2010
130/365: Wild Food
129/365: Mug
A friend of mine is spending his retirement living in the 18th century and crafting leatherware. This drinking mug is an example of jackware. He even painted my family's crest on it for me!Labels: Project 365
128/365: Wilt
Not sure what happened to my Italian pole beans! Luckily, they grow fast, so I replanted.Labels: Project 365, square foot gardening, The Garden
127/365: Sleepy Daughter
Thursday, June 03, 2010
126/365: Intense
Odd concentration of light on the side of my neigbor's house. It is obviously a reflection of sunlight off one of my windows, but I have no idea what property of the window is causing the focusing of the sunlight. Luckily, the house did not catch fire.Labels: Project 365
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
125/365: Deer in the Hood
I was working at my desk at home, when I noticed a deer walking down the street. By the time I got outside with my camera, it had moved into some of the overgrowth in the vacant lot three doors down.Labels: Project 365
124/365: Where No Vegetable Has Gone Before!
I was slicing up celery, and noted how much the cut pieces looked like Star Trek insignia.Labels: Project 365
123/365: Mushroom Hunter
122/365: Peak Oil
