South Vancouver Island
2023
The growing season: from wildflowers to mushrooms; late winter onto the last days of autumn, 2023
© George Lum
Olsynium douglasii
(satin flower)
Sooke Hills
Thamnophis sirtalis
(common garter snake)
Plectritis congesta
(sea blush)
Calypso bulbosa
(calypso orchid)
Calypso bulbosa
(calypso orchid)
Allotropa virgata
(candystick) with last season's plant
slime mould
Hypholoma fasciculare
(sulphur tuft)
Hypholoma fasciculare
(sulphur tuft)
Hypholoma fasciculare
(sulphur tuft)
Hypholoma fasciculare
(sulphur tuft)
Russula sanguinea
Russula brevipes
(short-stemmed russula) and
Ariolimax columbianus
(Pacific banana slug)
genus
Sparassis
(cauliflower mushroom)
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Cortinarius violaceus
cube-shaped erratic at Cube Hill
Pholiota limonella
(golden Pholiota)
Pholiota limonella
(golden Pholiota)
Otidea onotica
(donkey ears)
Dacrymyces chrysospermus
(witch's butter)
Dacrymyces chrysospermus
(witch's butter)
Clavaria fragilis
(fairy fingers)
Clavaria fragilis
(fairy fingers)
myxomycete (slime mould)
myxomycete (slime mould)
myxomycete (slime mould)
myxomycete (slime mould) under the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo lens
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
(toothed jelly fungus)
Cowichan River
