Saturday, August 13, 2016

Mushrooms And Other Signs Of Rain

While July was the warmest month on record in Anchorage, ever, August, while not cold, has seen its fair share of rain.



The most easily identified Anchorage mushroom is this Amanita - Fly Agaric.  It opens up and looks like a small pizza (up to about 10 inches across).  Books say it's poisonous, but I've come to learn for Alaska mushrooms that tends to mean hallucinogenic.  I included some of that discussion in this 2007 post.




These are up to about six or seven inches across.  Wasn't quite sure what they were after a quick look through my field guide to mushrooms.





Some lichens and mosses growing on the deck.




This appears to be a polypore.  It was growing out of the ground, not on a tree.  It's about five inches across.


 Some raindrops on a nasturtium leave.









Reflections in a little puddle in a garbage can lid.






What I belief is a rosy russula.  The stem is also slightly pink.





The top and underneath of what I think is a tacky green russula.  It says they're good eating.





And the worms in the compost pile are doing their job.  As I turned things over with a shovel, I could feel the heat as nature turns our kitchen waste and leaves to compost.


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