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@jblue Nice find. They do look like primary feathers of a wild turkey. US Fish & Wildlife have a Feather Atlas you could give a whirl. https://www. fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtoo l.php

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@jblue Nice find. They do look like primary feathers of a wild turkey. US Fish & Wildlife have a Feather Atlas you could give a whirl. https://www. fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtoo l.php

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@Gieljan I think you may be on to something! @laneybk recently posted https://mastodon.social/@laneybk/11128 9223681737363 about collecting fluff… I could make a seat cushion!

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@Gieljan I think you may be on to something! @laneybk recently posted https://mastodon.social/@laneybk/11128 9223681737363 about collecting fluff… I could make a seat cushion!

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The plan HAD BEEN to repair one of the dining room chairs.

Pippin came up with an alternative plan.

#caturday #CatsOfMastodon #siberianforestcat

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The plan HAD BEEN to repair one of the dining room chairs.

Pippin came up with an alternative plan.

#caturday #CatsOfMastodon #siberianforestcat

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Top down view of a wooden chair turned upside down (so the 4 legs of the chair are pointed upward and directly at you). There are several screws that were removed from the underside of the chair nearby. A torti long-haired cat is curled up and sleeping in the space of the chairs underside.

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@Kay369@mindly.social If you ever see anymore, definitely post!

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@Kay369@mindly.social If you ever see anymore, definitely post!

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My kind of handrail. #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriday #fomitopsisbetulina #birchpolypore

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My kind of handrail. #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriday #fomitopsisbetulina #birchpolypore

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Small bridge located at a conservation area. The handrails are long cut pieces of white birch. Growing on the birches are 4-6 plate-like polypore mushrooms. They are light brown. In the background are many out of focus autumn leaves and a trail kiosk.

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@Kay369@mindly.social No, the pictures are tough to parse but those look like real gills as compared to the ridged chanterelle “gills”. I’ve never seen one in person but I’m wondering if it might be a Blackening Brittlegill https://www. woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/octobers-monthly-mushroom-blackening-brittlegill-russula-nigricans-and-silky-piggyback-asterophora-parasitica/ Though the stem of yours doesn’t seem to match the typically stout stem of a russula.

Here’s another link - https://www. thehallofeinar.com/2020/12/coa l-black/

Whatever it is, it appears quite old and chewed up. Very cool find but definitely not something you should eat!!

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@Kay369@mindly.social No, the pictures are tough to parse but those look like real gills as compared to the ridged chanterelle “gills”. I’ve never seen one in person but I’m wondering if it might be a Blackening Brittlegill https://www. woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/octobers-monthly-mushroom-blackening-brittlegill-russula-nigricans-and-silky-piggyback-asterophora-parasitica/ Though the stem of yours doesn’t seem to match the typically stout stem of a russula.

Here’s another link - https://www. thehallofeinar.com/2020/12/coa l-black/

Whatever it is, it appears quite old and chewed up. Very cool find but definitely not something you should eat!!

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@lentrichard I’m looking at around 5 of them just hanging around my door frame waiting to get inside for the upcoming winter!

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@lentrichard I’m looking at around 5 of them just hanging around my door frame waiting to get inside for the upcoming winter!

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@Kay369@mindly.social What part of the world are you in?

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@Kay369@mindly.social What part of the world are you in?

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@Alelatos At this time of the year and being on the east coast it might be Hypholoma. They really vary in appearance but depending on how the spore print turns out could be it.

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@Alelatos At this time of the year and being on the east coast it might be Hypholoma. They really vary in appearance but depending on how the spore print turns out could be it.

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It’s an acorn. It’s a flower. It’s an acorn ON a flower - all things I thought when I saw my first Earthstar mushroom. This is a particularly photogenic one I found on yesterdays hike. #fungi #mushroom #mushrooms #earthstar #hiking #geastrumsaccatum

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It’s an acorn. It’s a flower. It’s an acorn ON a flower - all things I thought when I saw my first Earthstar mushroom. This is a particularly photogenic one I found on yesterdays hike. #fungi #mushroom #mushrooms #earthstar #hiking #geastrumsaccatum

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Close-up of an Earthstar mushroom. It looks like a round, light brown acorn with a puckered top sitting atop 6 spread out whitish flower petals that sit directly on the ground.

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@dprice There are 2 reservoirs within a mile of my house. Both are part of the Amherst, MA water supply. This is the upper one. Eventually the water from both cross my front yard.

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@dprice There are 2 reservoirs within a mile of my house. Both are part of the Amherst, MA water supply. This is the upper one. Eventually the water from both cross my front yard.

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#silentsunday

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#silentsunday

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Water is rushing down and over a waterway that connects a reservoir to a nearby brook. The waterway is made of long concrete slabs and looks like a wide set of stairs. There is a line of evergreen trees off in the distance. Most of the deciduous trees have lost their leaves.

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What happens after a puffball releases all of it spores? With most puffballs the outer layer (peridium) is frail enough that the whole puffball just sort of collapses. But with thicker-rinded species like this Pigskin Poison Puffball, the layer can peel back leaving behind a cool looking lace-edged crater.

#FungiFriday #puffball #earthball #pigskinpoisonpuffball #fungi #sclerodermaaurantium

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What happens after a puffball releases all of it spores? With most puffballs the outer layer (peridium) is frail enough that the whole puffball just sort of collapses. But with thicker-rinded species like this Pigskin Poison Puffball, the layer can peel back leaving behind a cool looking lace-edged crater.

#FungiFriday #puffball #earthball #pigskinpoisonpuffball #fungi #sclerodermaaurantium

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Top-down view of a puffball mushroom that has peeled itself back to reveal a crater where the spores used to be. The remaining edges are laced. There is green moss under the mushroom.

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I discovered my first Northern Walkingstick years ago while leading a school group on a meadow exploration. There is something just so alien and breathtaking about these insects. I still feel that excitement each time I spot one. They deserve a #walkingstickwednesday!

This one was making its way UP the side of my house… I often have to remind myself which end is which.

#insects #northernwalkingstick #insect #diapheromerafemorata

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I discovered my first Northern Walkingstick years ago while leading a school group on a meadow exploration. There is something just so alien and breathtaking about these insects. I still feel that excitement each time I spot one. They deserve a #walkingstickwednesday!

This one was making its way UP the side of my house… I often have to remind myself which end is which.

#insects #northernwalkingstick #insect #diapheromerafemorata

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A Northern Walkingstick on the side of my house. It looks like a long skinny twig with 4 legs connected to its midpoint and another 2 near its head. There are also 2 antennae near the head. The rear of the insect looks like 2 half circles that are used a clasper.

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Today’s #ThickTrunkTuesday comes with an added bonus - installation art using glass icicles.

Title: Thaw
Artist: Natalie Tyler
Location: Park Hill Orchard
Easthampton, MA

#sculpture #installationart #glass #sculpturepark #climatechange

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Today’s #ThickTrunkTuesday comes with an added bonus - installation art using glass icicles.

Title: Thaw
Artist: Natalie Tyler
Location: Park Hill Orchard
Easthampton, MA

#sculpture #installationart #glass #sculpturepark #climatechange

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A very large tree that has a thick branch coming out of its right side. On the underside of the branch are blue glass icicles hanging. A blue sky and mountain are in the background.

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@parvXtl Not a problem at all! I’m open to everything short of teleportation at this point!

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@parvXtl Not a problem at all! I’m open to everything short of teleportation at this point!

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@parvXtl Yes, definitely a spider. It scurried back to its cob lair when it gave up. This pic might be a bit better. But you’re right! Does look like an ant!

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@parvXtl Yes, definitely a spider. It scurried back to its cob lair when it gave up. This pic might be a bit better. But you’re right! Does look like an ant!

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Small black spider trying to wrap itself around small reddish worm.

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@meganecko I went out to take a look. It’s possible. The screen is pretty flush against the frame but there is a tiny gap at the top. For a bird to drop it, it could have perched above it and dropped the worm, but then the worm would have had to fall at a weird angle inward. Best possibility so far though!

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@meganecko I went out to take a look. It’s possible. The screen is pretty flush against the frame but there is a tiny gap at the top. For a bird to drop it, it could have perched above it and dropped the worm, but then the worm would have had to fall at a weird angle inward. Best possibility so far though!

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Nothing better than a nature mystery! I found this worm suspended between our window and screen. No obvious way in or out. How did it get there? Did the spider bring it in? Was the worm somehow born here?

The spider repeatedly tried to subdue its prey but seemed baffled by the whole encounter. Finally, it gave up and left. The next day there was no change. Seeing as how this stalemate wasn’t going to benefit either, I set the worm free in the soil and it wiggled away. #worm #spider #arachtober

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Nothing better than a nature mystery! I found this worm suspended between our window and screen. No obvious way in or out. How did it get there? Did the spider bring it in? Was the worm somehow born here?

The spider repeatedly tried to subdue its prey but seemed baffled by the whole encounter. Finally, it gave up and left. The next day there was no change. Seeing as how this stalemate wasn’t going to benefit either, I set the worm free in the soil and it wiggled away. #worm #spider #arachtober

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A small reddish soil worm is writhing in a spiderweb between a screen and closed window. The spider is trying to wrap it up perhaps or neutralize it.