Ok, I know you are dying to know, did I stay out of the mud. Well, I did manage to not get any mud on my shoes at this point. So my goal number one was still on track. 😉 Of course, staying out the mud was easy in the leaf litter of the woods.
The Hairy Goldeye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus)!
Black jelly lichen with moss. It was slightly damp so just like nostoc it turns a dark green when wet. These lichens have cyanobacteria or also known as blue-green algae.
Another acrocarp moss, Tortula pagorum (tentatively).
Tiny leafy liverwort!
The wild plums are starting to bud!
A polypore fungus!
As I zoomed in for a closeup, a little white bug(center of photo) crawled in and out of the holes. It was too tiny and fast to even try to a guess on what it was.
Fresh sign of a beaver.
A rock giving me the moon. LOL
Several tiny lichens. The green lichen’s would have been white most likely when dry. Its green algae was showing from the dampness.
A colorful collection of capsules of an acrocarp moss!
A mound of acrocarp moss shone brightly in the sun!
As I viewed the Atrichum angustatum moss, a little ant crossed in front. Tentatively ID’d as Prenolepis imparis, commonly called the winter ant or the false honey ant. The winter ant prefers the lower temperatures and nests deep in the ground. During the summer, it goes into a hibernation-like state called aestivation. Ok, this not really a new species. However, it is new to me. 🙂
Will I get my shoes caked in mud? Stay tuned for more of this outing. LOL
Keep looking!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
So much green!
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Love the hairy goldeneye. Plums sure do come out early. Soon they will be blooming.
Yes, just hope the plums don’t get frozen back. I like my delicious plums. 😊
What a rude rock LOL!
Really 😂
Wonderful closeups. hard to imagine the plum about to bud!
Thanks!