We had asked Kim High what books might be good for the Mushroom Class that she and Pam (Wood County) are teaching (I would share the link, but it is showing full). Kim said she liked the Audubon Mushroom Guide and that Pam liked the book Mushrooms Demystified. We looked on Amazon and bought them both. They arrived today and we were in for a surprise. The Mushrooms Demystified is a HUGE book, over 900 pages. Not bad for a $27 investment, but we might need to hire a burro to take it into the field.
While on the August Volunteer Naturalist Training at Wildwood (the "Kim Walk"), I saw something yellow on a Horseweed plant. Kim saw me looking at it and came over. After taking a picture and enlarging it on a camera, she thought it might me Ladybug eggs. That evening I looked up ladybug eggs and they certainly do look like it to me. Look at the pictures below and compare them to those shown in these links. The 2nd link is a long video of a ladybug laying eggs, scroll ahead to about 2/3 of the way through if you want a better shot of the eggs.
http://readmore-webphemera.blogspot.com/2008/11/weird-life-cycle-of-ladybug.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WdQvAxcxzA The Toledo Naturalist Association (www.toledonaturalist.org) ran a very nice walk with Elliot Tramer at the Sand Pit area of Oak Openings. Elliot is a retired biology professor from UT and was a delight to listen to. The weather was cold and damp, so only one butterfly (an Eastern Tailed Blue) was spotted. But we saw lots of other interesting things. The wildflowers identified included: Flowering Spurge, Blazing Star, Sunflower (not sure what type), Deptford Pink, Boneset and Hoary Mountain Mint. We also spotted tadpoles and frogs in the pond. One of the almost frogs looked ready to have its tail fall off. On the surface of the pond were several swarms of Whirligig Beetles. I have a video of the Whirligig beetles in the Photo Gallery section at this link. We also saw interesting fungus including some Earth Stars and some Lichen that I think is in the Cladonia Family (the same family as the Red Soldier Lichen that Rachel did a video on). Robin had a good eye to catch the lichen. See that video here see more pictures of Cladonia lichen here. Click on photos below to enlarge Earth Star - Nice to see open and closed ones on the same trip Lichen (Cladonia ??)
Chris and I had a nice walk at Kitty Todd Nature Preserve on Saturday. They have guided hikes on the first Saturday of the month at 2 pm. We arrived an hour or so early to have time to walk a bit by ourselves. Great time there. The walk leaders and everyone was great to walk with. We saw a few Orange Fringe Orchids, although they were a bit past their prime. There were also some Ruby Meadowhawk dragonflies by the pool.
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