Indeed it was a busy week for me with two field adventures. Both were new places for me. The first one was the Steward Ranch. And I can’t wait to go back in the future. The second trip was to another private property in Grayson County on Wednesday. So Grayson County adventure starts here. 🙂
Dale Kruse was here to collect bryophytes. Jeanne often accompanies him on these trips. And I was fortuned to be invited along. Furthermore Dale’s goal is to go to every county in Texas and document the bryophytes!
With the land owner’s permission we were here to collect the bryophytes. Bryophytes include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. This moss was the first one I collected!
My second collection was a leafy liverwort! Indeed these are tiny.
We were greeted by the property owner’s furry family!
Any of the mosses with capsules will aid in their ID. This was a Fissidens species. Additionally many can not be nailed down until you can get look at them under the microscopy.
So you know me, and I was easily distracted from the mission of bryophyte collecting. Here I was poking around in the leaf litter and found the mycelium. For sure I’m am certain they were hard at work breaking down the organic matter.
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
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I think Allen knew how to birdwatch. In a comfy chair with telescope on tripod. And the wolf drinking nectar reminds me of coyotes eating the tunas from prickly pears.
I think Allen knew how to birdwatch. In a comfy chair with telescope on tripod. And the wolf drinking nectar reminds me of coyotes eating the tunas from prickly pears.
Wow on your sighting of the coyotes! That would be special!!!!
It’s so easy to get distracted, isn’t it? Squirrel!
The wolves remind me of all those long ago years tasting the nectar of honeysuckle – so sweet!
Wonderful distractions all.
Good to have dog buddies for a field trip!