While walking in our woods this morning, I noticed that the fungi was fruiting! The damp weather certainly has helped, eh!
So the first puffball was marked with frass and holes. Next, a strange round spot on this white puffball!A lot of white mold was growing this morning. The Ganoderma fungus really are turning brown. It will be interesting to see if the white mold invades!This white puffball was laying on its side.Turning it over revealed the yellow inside!A puffball with a tiny beetle on top! Testing the liquid on the sides, I found it was not sticky. Yellowish on top and half gone!The gills were a delicious chocolate brown!A warm day for the Crow-Poison (Nothoscordum bivalve) to bloom!A good life and now time to go.Indeed, this is a cool moth, the Texas Wasp moth (Horama panthalon)! Suzanne saw hers on Drummond’s Aster.A front view!Then Kathy saw one as well on her Cowpen Daisy! What great feathered legs it has! Plus the mimicry is so wonderful! I have not seen one but two sightings yesterday, how crazy is that? Certainly, I will be watching for it! Let me know if you see one too.
Those wasp moths are special. Dont think ive ever seen one. Thanks Kathy and Suzanne. And thank you Mary for sharing.
Our two wasp moths look a bit different yet the same. wonder if it is a female and male thing?
I noticed that as well but did not search to find out. Let me know if you do.
Amazing that Kathy and I saw the same or a very similar species on the same day hundreds of miles apart!
A good fungus day!