blackoaknaturalist: Ascending and Descending

A Quarantine Update

This has not been a busy year on my blog, having sometimes gone a month or more without posting anything new. Currently teaching three college classes online from home, and not finding much time to write and post images for the blog. One more week in the semester and Spring has sprung, so that should change. I have a backlog of several dozen photos taken in the last few weeks, so I will soon be posting them along with stories of the experiences I'm having along the way. My overall theme is generally concentrated on flowering plants and their symbiotic relationships with their pollinators. When the mood strikes, I insert philosophical and political comments. Please feel free to share your comments, but please be nice. I try to be.

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Ascending and Descending

The Orange Peel Fungus I featured here over a week ago has grown, and many smaller ones are emerging, some as small as 1/8" diameter. While these fungi are at the beginning of their season and will usually get to 2 or 3 inches in diameter, the nearby Amanita has passed its prime and is seriously shriveling. Will become soil in a few more days.

Funny things happen when I'm observing nature and trying to take photos on the fly. For some reason this ascension of one species and decline of another reminded me of a quote I saw years ago in a cartoon: "Be nice to people on your way up because you may meet them on your way down." I got a few more interesting photos this morning, but will post them tomorrow when I'm not feeling so tired and silly.