not sure if an empty nest counts on here but this is a great choice of tree for a home
The famous Ashdale tree (1905) is largest surviving one in Canada. Saltscapes Magazine had a good article that mentioned this tree as the mother tree for many others in Nova Scotia. It is on property which was owned by Les Corkum, a well known arborist in Windsor area.
Nest in moss overlying steep ravine walls. A bird flushed from the nest and then an agitated Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was detected at the site.
This find from late July was the second time I’ve encountered this beautiful brown-centered orange waxcap. The first time, a few years back, it was only a single mushroom and I didn’t document it thoroughly or identify it. I noticed the similarity in form to finds I had identified as H. marginata, but the color was dramatically different. I was looking for marginate gills (having edges colored differently from the faces or sides), which I have documented in yellow-orange-capped finds—but that characteristic was not apparent. I was thinking that in light of the species name, marginate gills would be reliably present in the species as a whole—but after reading descriptions in two of my books, it seems that marginate gills are only present in one of three varieties, H. marginata var. marginata, and in that variety only if and when the color of the gill faces has faded.
In Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, Timothy Baroni’s main entry for the species is specifically for H. marginata var. marginata. His description reads, “gills brilliant orange, not fading like the cap, or at least edges remaining dark orange.” In Audubon’s new Mushrooms of North America, Jacob Kalichman’s description does not mention marginate gills at all. Both authors describe var. concolor similarly: Timothy Baroni writes that the gills have “the same golden-yellow color as the cap surface,” while Jacob Kalichman describes the gills as “yellowish-orange.” But the two authors describe var. olivacea quite differently. Timothy Baroni writes that it “has a strongly olive-colored cap and shades of olive-green on the stem.” This does not describe my find. But Jacob Kalichman’s description says var. olivacea has “an orangish-brown or olive-brown tint on the middle of the cap and bright orange gills” (ding ding ding!).
The biggest and rustiest looking bracket I've ever seen! Size of my size 12 shoe
Tiny mushrooms, growing on an acorn shell from northern red oak in a leaf pile
With bee in bill in a couple of photos.
At the base of old oak…brought home a clump (not to eat…they are poisonous) but to observe the bioluminescence at night! Totally amazing but don’t have proper camera to photograph it!
885 West Main St.
Kentville, NS
circumference: 4.3 m
diameter 1.37 m
height 22.2 m
A large, old hemlock in Guysborough County submitted thru Instagram by @thewadingwandress
Very large White Ash located in the Windsor area, photo by Mike Lancaster. Our model is 6 feet tall, the tree is approx 2 metres in diameter
One of the largest I have seen in NS