spatheandspadix – Kihaku-Gato's Garden Blog (tumblr import)

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Today’s field work highlights:

-One of my study populations, consisting of a single winter bud with two spathes that popped out in the last 5 days

-Deep roots holding a couple cabbages in place on an eroded bank

-SEEDS

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Witch hazel

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Apparently the legendary bender oak at Morris fell apart and was removed. I wish they’d left some of it up as architectural elements. Think of the stories a slowly decomposing veteran tree stump covered with fungi can tell. Coarse woody debris is important and beautiful, and turning this spot into a turf patch feels so wrong.

Photos from September 2018.

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Frick Park puffballs

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I can’t get enough of the diverse colors and textures of turkey tail

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Some of the mushrooms popping up around my neighborhood. The fly agaric is plate-sized.

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Picked up an impressive souvenir from the plant bio department veg garden. They have quite a few comically-sized cucurbits right now, check it out if you’re in the area.