2013/08/12

Windy Pine BioBlitz - Day 2

On our second day at Windy Pine, we first went canoeing and then hiked in the forest looking at fungi in the morning.

Kushog Lake
Kushog Lake in the morning.

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Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Kushog Lake
Panoramic shot.  Link to the larger image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psyl/9497523513

Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), a plant without chlorophyll and relies on fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees for energy.

Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Close-up on its flower.

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Trail map

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Surrounded by the forest

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Doll's Eyes (Actaea pachypoda), a very deadly plant.

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Berries of Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense).

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Unknown fungi

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Biologist photographing fungi.

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Unidentified fungi

Straight-branched Coral (Ramaria stricta)
Straight-branched Coral (Ramaria stricta)

Unknown fungi
Unknown green mushrooms

Unknown fungus
Unknown mushroom

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Some kind of insect larvae, perhaps a beetle?

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Bracket mushroom

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Another insect larvae

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Some kind of Russula sp. mushroom

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Lichen

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Forest

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Valley Trail

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One of the highest points on the trail.

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Galls induced on Salix leaves by some unknown insect.

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Two notices I found in my cabin noting the birds and flowers of Windy Pine documented from a long time ago.

After the hike and a quick lunch, we packed up and headed back to Peterborough shortly after.

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