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Outdoors > Indoors.

Sometimes I pour wine.

“The only thing worth knowing is that you know nothing.” -Socrates, Bill & Ted version.
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I’m getting out worked in my own yard.

This little bee was dedicated. It spent about 10 minutes on that sunflower.

Jackpot, for both of us. 🌱
A closeup shot of a worker bee on a sunflower sporting bulging pollen baskets. Zoomed out view of the sunflower, showing the entire circle of disc florets, the petals (ray flowers) and the lone worker bee.
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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September 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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My new neighbor is loud and doesn’t respect property boundaries. 🙃🌿
A side view of a wild turkey in full strut, standing in the middle of a road.
April 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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A slime infestation is my kind of idea of a good time. 🌿

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A colony of the slime mold Trichia varia being infested with the fungi Polycephalomyces tomentosus. The round, brown sporangia of the Trichia is overrun with a white, fuzzy appearance & tiny white fruiting bodies.
April 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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The forest was quite rewarding today after some time away.

Lots of good stuff out there, but there was one clear standout. 🌿

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A shot showing growths of slime mold surrounded by moss. I believe this is stemonitopsis typhina with those silvery stalks. A side angle of the same growths of slime mold surrounded by moss. I believe this is stemonitopsis typhina with those silvery stalks.
April 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Crashed another private luncheon 🌿

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A banana slug eating a yellow fieldcap mushroom from underneath. It has consumed about half of it Different angle of a banana slug eating a yellow fieldcap mushroom. This shot is from behind at ground level
April 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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They have, a bit. It’s a great show.

Their current obsession lies here:
Artwork of a spiky dragon from “How to Train Your Dragon”
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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My kids love imagining these shrubby lichen are little baby trolls hiding in the branches. 🌿

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A bright green cluster of leafy lichen growing out of a wet, burgundy colored branch. I believe it’s wolf lichen but not 100% sure.
March 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Check these out
Powderhorn cup lichen growing out of a mossy log.
March 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Extremely jealous of these elaborate sunburst lichen celebrations. 🌿

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A large cluster of sunburst lichen is exploding out of a branch, with a few more small clusters developing in the perimeter. This cluster of golden orange sunburst lichen reminds me of a full band in full swing, with the horns popping out overhead.
March 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Western forest scorpions.

These were snoozing under some loose bark that was clinging to an ancient fallen tree.

The larger one was about 2”. The smaller one would fit in my thumbnail. 🌿
A front view of a western forest scorpion that’s staring back at the camera, unamused. Side view of a western forest scorpion that’s glowing neon-teal, if that’s a thing, in UV light. This just looks like part of a mossy log and some wood underneath, but one zooms in there is a tiny scorpion just left of center. Same shot of the mossy log as before but this time the tiny scorpion is lit up in UV.
March 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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From this morning.
March 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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View from a few feet back. What a magical stump.
A stump that’s growing tiny clusters of stemonitis and two notable different stages of palomino cup fungi, one just developing and one that is past mature and beginning to rot.
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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These are just begging to be characterized and animated.

Stemonitis - chocolate tube slime mold. 🌿

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A cluster of stemonitis, aka chocolate tube slime. It looks like a tiny militia of cattails growing on strands of hair.
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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The absence of good news can be tempered with a good walk. 🌿

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A pair of snowy waxcap mushrooms are illuminated by the sun behind them.
February 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Always worth looking below. 🌿

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A light amber colored burgundydrop bonnet from below. This grew unusually with two stipes seemingly fusing together to a single cap.
February 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Couldn’t help but notice an aquatic theme to what I was finding today.

Then I looked up. 🌿

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An intimidating growth of phlebia, looking quite close to an open shark’s mouth. I half expected it to start chewing. A beautiful growth of golden coral fungi, about the size of a head of cabbage. Bright orange egg shell slime mold beads, looking like salmon roe glistening on a stick. A cloud in the shape of a shark’s dorsal fin.
February 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S.

Here’s a few things I found today that are worth peeking at. 🌿

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A pair of shiny parrot waxcaps from above. One cap is mostly bright green but the left third is brown. A little two-tone action. The other is completely brown. A trio of small scurfy twiglet mushrooms are encased in a spiderweb, which has captured a ton of spores making it look like an orange veil that’s protecting their gills. A large mass of wavy leafy brain fungus is protruding out the side of a fallen tree. This particular specimen is a reddish-brown color and is about the size of a head of cabbage. An adult western skink is resting next to some filaments of mycelium.
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Nice shots. They are so picturesque. As striking as they are deadly, and resilient too.
View underneath a funeral bell mushroom, showing the signature ring and the gills. Shot looking up a wet trunk with a lone funeral bell that sprung from a crack in the bark.
February 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Always awkward stumbling upon a party that you weren’t invited to. 🌿

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A fallen tree with many patches of rust-colored hairy curtain crust in bunches. Popping out of and consuming a few of those are vibrant clumps of golden ear fungi, with some black stone flower lichen hanging around the perimeter. Closeup of the relationship between golden ear fungi, hairy curtain crust & black stone flower lichen. The crust is feasting on the log & the golden ear is equally feasting upon the crust. The lichen is a content roommate and is flourishing on the underside of the trunk. Detail of golden ear fungi just beginning to take hold on its host of hairy curtain crust. The deeply orange folds look exactly like two little ears protruding from the darker ribbon-like shelves of the crust. Some lichen is growing freely both in front and behind of the focal duet & in the far background there are a couple more of the same duet. An amazing tube-like growth of golden ear fungi stretches towards the lens, almost looking like an eyeless orange caterpillar with its mouth wide open, waiting to be fed. It’s growing off of one of many young shelves of hairy curtain crust that adorn both sides of a small twig.
February 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Felt bad about disturbing this solid spot to nap. 🙂
A greyscale moth taking a snooze on the golden pores underneath the cap of a red cracking bolete mushroom.
February 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Lots of good stuff out there today, but parrot waxcaps stole the show. 🌿

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A shiny, olive colored parrot waxcap that darkens to the center of the cap. Its crowned by a nice orange surprise that lights the way. A vibrant green parrot waxcap stands out against the mundane forest debris. The rim of the cap starts at a jade color but gradually deepens to a dark green at the top. A crimson colored parrot waxcap stands alone, shining against debris. The cap is a deep & vibrant red at the tip but it slowly fades into a light salmon at the rim. A short, squat and deeply green parrot waxcap mushroom. The coloration reminds me of hazel eyes with a light green baseline, brown specks at the rim of the cap and a dark green nexus.
February 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Lots of good stuff to be found out there, except poison oak.

These are some finds from last week as my arms recover from that evil plant.

Lots of rain has fallen here in the last few days though so the stage is set for tomorrow and beyond. 🌿

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A mustard yellow chromosera cap peeks out of a crack in a tree trunk. Undershot showing a duet of funeral bell mushrooms growing out from under a log. They are both showing some beautiful lavender and peach coloration. A baby palomino cup grows down out of a mossy overhang. This is also called pig’s ears, and it’s not just a clever name. It looks just like a tiny pig’s ear, straining to listen through the silence. A proud bolete that’s been totally consumed by bolete mold. The entire mushroom is a fuzzy, electric orange except for the center of the cap which has retained some equally fuzzy cream color with hints of blue/green.
February 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Coral fungi in Sonoma. Some type of clavulinopsis, either golden spindles or handsome club. These tiny growths are easy to miss even though their colors are striking. 🌿

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A singular bright orange coral fungi growth protrudes from the forest floor. It has developed some folding patterns and the tip progresses to a deep red color. A deeply orange lone coral fungi is growing at an angle, like a finger pointing the way. In the background is another cluster of the same fungi. A cluster of coral fungi that has partially wilted. The base is a deep yellow but the color progressively darkens to a dark, dusty red at the end of the fingers.
January 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Black elfin saddle 🌿

#fungifriends
A black elfin saddle mushroom growing out of the forest floor. The black cap is quite lumpy and has some felt-like texture. The stipe is streaked and fluted. This mystical wonder is easy to miss.
January 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM