Several of us went a long way NW of Calgary yesterday, to botanize the Waiparous Trails area, high above the Ghost River. I happened to notice this little Seven-spotted Ladybug (non-native) on a curled-over grass head. Looking more closely, I saw the spider web, but I don't know if the Ladybug had been caught or not.
Happy 1st September! Where DID the summer go? Have a great long weekend, everyone. Drive safely if you are going to be out on the roads.
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Came across quite a nice scattering of these beautiful goblet-shaped fungi on Friday, 31 August 2012, when a handful of us went on the Waiparous Trails, NW of Calgary, for a day of botanizing. I had done part of this walk before, for the annual Ghost River Alliance nature outing, but the small community of Waiparous has created a few new trails through the forest there.
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During a day of botanizing NW of Calgary at the Waiparous trails, on 31 August 2012, I happened to notice two small circles of purple on an enormous midden (hoarding pile) beneath a tree, where a Red Squirrel had buried and stored pine cones to keep them dry during the winter. When I gently cleared away the debris, this is what I found!
ID suggested by GORGEous nature (John) - Mycena pura. Thanks, John!
12:30 p.m (noon): Hold your clicks a moment .... This seems to be happening rather too often.
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I loved the shape of these fungi that a few of us saw on 31 August 2012, when we spent the day botanizing at tthe Waiparous trails, NW of Calgary. As usual, I don't know the ID.
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The light was just too harsh to get a decent, detailed photo of these little fungi, but I thought they were still cute enough to post : ) Not sure, though, if these are tiny mushrooms or if they belong to a lichen that produces very similar mushroom-like growths. I find it too difficult to tell the two apart. Seen when a few of us spent the day botanizing at the Waiparous trails, high above the Ghost River, NW of Calgary, on 31 August 2012.
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