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**A very special thank you
to Josh Christiansen on Tuesday evening for an excellent presentation on salamanders with several
reptile observations that the group present found very interesting and informative,
with many, many questions and comments.
The second half of the
meeting was a roundtable discussion on a wide variety of mushrooms brought in by
participants. The huge northern tooth mushroom Kevin Renton brought got
a lot of attention, taking up 25% of the table and weighing an estimated 25-30
lbs!
The activities committee
has a mushroom foray tentatively planned, but it's on hold for now the due to
drier conditions.
A sudden rainfall could
change all that to cause a new flush of mushrooms so the date of a potential foray is on hold and to be announced.
**Susan Richards comments, “We had a wide display of the mushroom table, which was the second part of the September
meeting night. The main presentation was on salamanders and was very interesting
to the group of almost 30 who asked many questions.
Many thanks to Josh
Christiansen.”
Susan shares a photo.
**John Inman photographed a
few groups of mushrooms growing under the cedars that were from one to 5 inches
tall. They appear to be the shaggy parasol mushroom having recently
emerged. These mushrooms can grow quite large.
John also photographed a blackpoll
warbler in its fall plumage, which is such a contrast from its spring
breeding plumage.
John also photographed a female
pileated woodpecker on mission and a nicely marked green stink bug nymph,
which he had not seen before.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
