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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.
Contact me at blackoaknaturalist@att.net .
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- Joe Willis
- I have been teaching since 1965 and have recently joined the English Department as an Associate Faculty member at Feather River College. Recently taught Nature Literature in America and am currently teaching Interpersonal Communication and Basic Reading and Writing.
It looks like you found the Emetic Russula (Russula emetica), or "The Sickener." Russulas are easy to identify as a genus, but difficult to narrow down the individual species because of microscopic differences between them. I've always loved the jaunty red caps of this species peeking up from beneath the pines.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to ask, is that Sugar Pine?
ReplyDeleteYes. The only 5-needle one at this elevation. The higher-elevation cousin in the Sierra is the Western White Pine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ID on the fungus.
Yes. The only 5-needle one at this elevation. The higher-elevation cousin in the Sierra is the Western White Pine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ID on the fungus.
Thanks! I'm trying to learn how to identify conifers by their needles. I usually pay attention to the bark, cones, and length of the needles - but I should pay closer attention to the number of needles, especially for species that appear similar.
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