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**The
Sackville water retention pond (Lorne-St. James Street) surely is getting
action. John Chardine visited on Saturday to see lots of yellowlegs but then a
flock of 30 (yes 30!) Pectoral Sandpipers floating around of which John
shares a photo of part of the flock. John comments it will probably only get
better as the vegetation develops.
**It is that
time of the season we can normally expect Honey Mushrooms to fruit. I
came across the first batches I have noted this season on Saturday. The photo
shows a patch that has just emerged with two specimens laid down beside that
are a bit more advanced. One shows the partial veil still attached and the
second with the arrow shows the characteristic Elizabethan collar style partial
veil attached to the stalk. The spore print is pale yellow and that often shows
on the retained partial veil as another identity clue. They tend to grow around
stumps, especially fairly fresh ones.
They are an
excellent edible mushroom with their own unique flavour.
**I am also
including a photo of some Winter Polypores that are not edible but just
interesting and common. The top view shows the ringed cinnamon colour while the
under view is white showing the small pores typical of a polypore. The texture of this species is quite tough.
**Many of us
interested in possibly may be familiar with the tall yellow flowered stock of
Common Mullein so a rosette of the basil leaves left a few of us wondering what
plant it was. Gart Bishop to the rescue.
This species
is a biennial and in the first year only produces a basil rosette of leaves,
which is what is captured in the photos. It is the second year of growth that a
tall stock is produced that bears the yellow flowers. The fuzzy basil leaves at
this time of year can grow quite large and will grow well in very disturbed
areas as can be seen on this graveled path in the photos.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
