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Oh, yes. Of course. I knew I’d seen this before. I was cautioned about it just last year.
4 years agoI’m surprised - I was sure you’d know this one. I have no idea either. Still, a pretty good haul today - coral root, reindeer lichen, velvet gall, death camas, slime mold! I should step off the bike more often.
4 years agoI’ve never heard of these. I’m glad I took a shot at it. If I go back I’ll take my electron microscope and check out the mites.
4 years agoA slime mold of some kind, I'm guessing.
4 years agoWhat the...? Whatever that is, it's amazing.
4 years agoReminds me of the Beaverslide hay stackers that were invented/used in the Big Hole Valley in Montana.
4 years agoZigadenus elegans, or Mountain Death Camas. No nibbling allowed.
4 years agoIt's one of the reindeer lichens, which cladina I don't know. Moss is chlorophyllic, lichen is... complicated.
4 years agoOHSU is not taking liver transplant patients at this time. Please wait a few months.
4 years agoThis I learned today, about velvet galls: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/velvet_galls_caused_by_tiny_eriophyid_mites
4 years agoCorallorhiza striata, or striped coralroot. There is a spotted one too, and a few other native orchids around there so keep your eyes peeled.
4 years agoYes, he's a Rufous. Quite common up in those parts. He may be an adolescent, still kind of a fluffball. The chin feather refraction is, as you say, probably an odd trick of the light.
4 years agoI’m going to have to find a suitable one when we return to the Willamette Valley. I could hardly cycle with the one I have now.
4 years agoLove my buff! It's a fleece hat, a headband, scarf, and even a snotrag in a pinch.
4 years ago
Amazing diversity of lichens where it is cool and damp!
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