Distant Skipper #butterflies

Posted by on Jun 16, 2016 in 2016, Butterflies, June, Large Skipper, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Skipper, June 2016

 

Looks like a Large Skipper. (more…)

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Strawberry conundrum #plants

Posted by on May 24, 2016 in 2016, Barren Strawberry, Flowers, May, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Barren Strawberry, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Looks like Barren Strawberry, Potentilla sterilis, rather than Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca. (more…)

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Lumpy Bracket #fungi

Posted by on Apr 26, 2016 in 2016, April, Fungi, Provisional identification, Spring, Trametes gibbosa | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Lumpy Bracket, provisional identification, April 2016

 

Trametes gibbosa, provisional identification. (more…)

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Nest hunting #bumblebee

Posted by on Mar 28, 2016 in 2016, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, March 2016

 

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, usually the first Bumblebee to emerge in the spring, diligently searching. (more…)

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Trametes #fungi

Posted by on Mar 4, 2016 in 2016, February, Fungi, Provisional identification, Turkeytail, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Trametes, February 2016

 

Probably Trametes versicolor, Turkeytail, but wondered if the greenish tinge suggested Trametes gibbosa, Lumpy Bracket. (more…)

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Coral of the wood (3) #lichen

Posted by on Mar 3, 2016 in 2016, Evernia prunastri, February, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Evernia prunastri, provisional identification, February 2016

 

Evernia prunastri, provisional identification. (more…)

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Coral of the wood (2) #lichen

Posted by on Feb 25, 2016 in 2016, February, Lichen, Parmotrema perlatum, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Parmotrema chinense, provisional identification, February 2016

 

Parmotrema perlatum, provisional identification. (more…)

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Prize rosette #plants

Posted by on Feb 8, 2016 in 2016, Flowers, January, Provisional identification, Thistle, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Spear Thistle, provisional identification, January 2016

 

Spear Thistle, Cirsium vulgare, provisional identification. (more…)

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Common Bonnet #fungi

Posted by on Feb 5, 2016 in 2016, Common Bonnet, Fungi, January, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Common Bonnet, provisional identification, January 2016

 

Mycena galericulata, provisional identification. (more…)

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Chicken-of-the-woods #fungi

Posted by on Jan 31, 2016 in 2016, Chicken of the Woods, Fungi, January, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Chicken-of-the-woods, provisional identification, January 2016

 

Laetiporus sulphureus, provisional identification. (more…)

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Hairy Curtain Crust #fungi

Posted by on Jan 17, 2016 in 2016, Fungi, Hairy Curtain Crust, January, Provisional identification, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Hairy Curtain Crust, provisional identification, January 2016

 

Stereum hirsutum, provisional identification. (more…)

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Lichen and Spruce #nature

Posted by on Jan 16, 2016 in 2016, Hypocenomyce scalaris, January, Lichen, Provisional identification, Spruce, Trees, Winter | 0 comments

 

 

Lichen, Hypocenomyce scalaris, provisional identification, January 2016

 

Hypocenomyce scalaris, provisional identification, on Spruce, Picea abies. (more…)

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