A walk in the woods (7/23)

[NeoGreen]

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The Path


Mushrooms #1


Curious ring of small white mushrooms (maybe hard to see)

(About an 8-foot diameter)

Close-up of small mushrooms (#2) in ring


Mushroom #3


Tree Stump

(I just figured out how to adjust phone camera color/light intensity)

Cairn & Cabin


Yellow Flowers & bug


Yellow Wasp


Moss on a pine grove floor


Dogged maple invading the pine grove


Old red pine stump


Delicate ground cover

(has been diminishing over time)

A moment of whimsy from 20 years ago

now fallen over and returning to the woods

[cilla4progress]

1. Sweet pics!

Did not know about this group. Will join! Nature is helping with my sanity.

[NeoGreen]

6. Thanks

Happy to share.

[cilla4progress]

15. Can you give me a brief rundown

of what it means to be in a group? I am being lazy...should look it up. Thanks!

[NeoGreen]

16. I'm not subscribed but...

...from the "about this group" button above:

Discuss all aspects of hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, rock climbing, mountain biking, skiing and other outdoor sports.

No worries about "being lazy", been there...


I posted here since it seemed to be the most appropriate group.

If I thought about it I should have posted in the DU Lounge for exposure...

[cilla4progress]

17. Thanks,

just wondering how it works, when one is a subscriber to a group. Do I get emails or something / updates of new posts, etc.?

Will do some research of my own. Thanks!

[democrank]

2. Welcomed natural beauty in a day full of vicious Trump tweets. Thank you.

I'm rooting for that sweet little maple trying it's best in the pine grove.


~PEACE~

[NeoGreen]

7. The maples are doing very well...

...in their territorial battle against both the Red and White pine groves.

[Lindsay]

3. Thank you for sharing

your walk. Walks in the woods are one of my favorite things.

Your delicate ground cover looks like what's called running pine here in SWNC. It's a club moss - Lycopodium clavatum. (But I am no botanist, so I could be wrong.)

[NeoGreen]

8. You're welcome...

...and I could look up the name of the cover but have never bothered to do so. It is primarily in a 30 x30 foot patch nestled between the Red pines and some Hawthorns, but the patch has been decreasing in number and size over the last 25 years.

I make a point of never walking through the patch.

[dgibby]

4. It would appear you have come upon

a Fairy Ring (circle of white mushrooms)! Thanks for the beautiful pics!

[NeoGreen]

9. I'll have to google that, and see...

...what I can find out.

[Qutzupalotl]

11. I'm told it's due to the pattern of spore distribution

from an original central mushroom. It spreads its spores in a ring around its base, and subsequent generations enlarge that ring.

[NeoGreen]

14. From the list provided in Wikipedia...

...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring

the ring mushrooms seem to visually match Clitocybe dealbata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_dealbata)...

but with all things mushroom caution is advised...

[procon]

5. Love the peaceful scenery in your photos. Makes me pine for a trip to the forest. nt

[NeoGreen]

10. Thanks, glad to share...

...

[TeapotInATempest]

12. Thank you!

Reminders of nature's awesome power to thrive in the face of human stupidity are keeping my sanity intact.

[NeoGreen]

13. Your are very welcome...

...glad you enjoyed.

[ManiacJoe]

18. You have a good eye for details.

Do you do a lot of macro photos?

(Just back from vacation, so catching up....)

[NeoGreen]

19. Thanks and not really, I just photographs what looks interesting...

...and to be honest, all the photos above were taken with my phone (a cheap Samsung).