SLIME MOLDSUnidentified Slime MoldFUNGIWestern Deer Mushroom (Pluteus exilis)Unidentified AgaricalesANIMALSShoulderband Snail (Genus Helminthoglypta)Genus Platyceroides (?)Feather Millipede (Genus Brachycybe)Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles (Family Buprestidae)Previously: 12 »
SLIME MOLDSGenus TrichiaFUNGIMissing: Artist's Conk (Ganoderma brownii)Orange Bonnet (Mycena acicula)PLANTSBaldhip Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa)Western Star Flower (Lysimachia latifolia)Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)ANIMALSPacific Coast »
I didn't have much time to spend at Roy's Redwoods this week, but I wanted to make sure I got a snapshot of the False Solomon's Seals in bloom. »
We're in a transition period between winter and spring, so bumpy weather is to be expected. It's a great time to drink in the colors of the redwood forest floor: iridescent and fluorescent slime molds, rain-plumped plants and lichens, brightly-colored millipedes and salamanders. »
Roy's Redwoods was absolutely drenched by an atmospheric river early this week. I took photos and video during the flood, and then I went back again afterward to see how the forest has changed. »