June 22nd. (Continued from…) I started to walk again
at Fort Yargo State Park in Winder, Georgia. One of my favorite walks is from
the Group Shelter A to the Old Fort and back.This
is a rewarding walk for viewing wildflowers and I’ve been trying to walk it
weekly and document the wildflowers I see.
The early spring wildflowers have finshed blooming; it’s time to
watch the developing fruit. A few late spring/summer wildflowers are blooming
now.
The Buttonbushes at the end of the bridge into the Fishing
Area were still blooming. There were…
buds,...
flowers in full bloom,...
flowers that had finished blooming, and some that were…
ready to form seeds.
Some Carolina Wild Petunias (Ruellia caroliniensis) were
still blooming.
Nearby, a Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) was resting. It was so hot that
the butterflies were closing their wings as soon as they landed.
In the ‘Rock Garden,’ the seed capsule on the Perfoliate
Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) was still doing well, as were the…
seed capsules on the Pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata) plants.
As I was walking down the trail to the Old Fort, I was
startled so see a…
Large jelly fungus that had grown on a small, fallen tree
trunk. This was a…
Snow Fungus (Tremella fuciformis). This is an edible fungus and, when I was identifying it,
I was a little amused to find more information on commercial, rather than
scientific, sources of information for it.
In addition to the large fungus, there were some small
patches of this same fungus at the opposite end of the trunk.
On my return walk along this same section of trail I noticed
a large patch of fungus on a fallen log just beyond the Snow Fungus. I almost
ignored it but decided to make my way through a jumble of fallen tree trunks to
take a closer look. I’m glad I did. I was expecting to find a crust fungus but
may have found…
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