(Scleroderma citrinum) The Common Earthball, also known as the pigskin poison puffball, is a species of earthball fungus. Earthballs are superficially similar to the edible puffball (particularly Apioperdon pyriforme), but whereas the puffball has a single opening on top through which the spores are dispersed, the earthball just breaks up to release
(Helicorbis australiensis) The Ramshorn Snail is a air-breathing freshwater snail. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron instead of copper so it is able to breathe oxygen more efficiently than other molluscs. The presence of hemoglobin gives the body a reddish colour. Notes: Close to the shore. Camera:
(Coprinus comatus) The Shaggy Inkcap, also called a lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane mushroom. The gills beneath the cap are white, then pink, then turn black before curling up. The shaggy ink cap was first described by Danish naturalist Otto Friedrich Müller in 1780 as Agaricus comatus, before being given its current
Well, it was bound to happen given the amount of time we spend in the woods. I was infected with Lyme disease, likely last Monday, when we arrived back at the Rideau Lakes from Ottawa. I didn't feel the bite or see the tick but it got me pretty good. Last Friday, after a
This was a big deal for us and I'm so glad Krista got to experience her first canoe trip. She's my everything.
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