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Mushroom wishes and Pawpaw Dreams

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Thursday evening through this afternoon we got about 1.7 inches!

We are having a cool, wet weekend with rain that started Thursday evening and is expected to continue until next week. We couldn’t wait to get into the forest to look for mushrooms and we weren’t disappointed.

Genus Gymnopus, likely Gymnopus dryophilus (oak loving Gymnopus) found in the north side of SAFF.
Exidia, a species of jelly fungi known for its brain or ear lobe shaped fruiting body. They grow on dead and decaying wood during cooler damp months.
Flavoparmelia caperata, common green shield lichen, a symbiotic partnership between a fungus and algae or Cyanobacteria. Its presence on the tree trunk is widely considered beneficial to the surrounding ecosystem and is a sign of environmental health.
Erigeron philadelphicus, Philadelphia fleabane, found on the south set back line.

We are so grateful for this rain and can’t remember getting so much at one time. The forest was lush and filled with layers of greens. We stopped in the old colony pawpaw patch and found two fruit continuing to grow.

ASMR rainy walk through the Asimina triloba old colony of clones.
Asimina triloba fruit developing at SAFF old clonal colony. We are thrilled.
Pawpaw fruit hiding behind leaves.
Angelica venenosa, hairy angelica, native perennial herb in the parsley family. It’s a host plant for the black swallowtail butterfly. It has toxic roots.
The top of old farm road on a rainy Saturday.
Young pawpaw trees by the main waterway.

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