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Crisped Bunchflowers and More Near Scaly Knob Late July 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
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Crisped Bunchflowers and More Near Scaly Knob Late July 2019 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2019) |
| I had given friends directions to a soapstone outcrop, to look for a rare lichen that grows on ultramafic rock. In route, they came across a new (to us) plant in bloom, the Crisped Bunchflower (Melanthium hybridum). I had never heard of this species, much less seen it. The next day I made the climb and found three flowering plants. |
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| Crisped Bunchflower (Melanthium hybridum) in habitat |
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| Top of inflorescence |
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| Flowers. This species was previously known as Veratrum hybridum. |
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| Single flower - detail |
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| This species seems to have an affinity for Veratrum parviflorum, some of which is visible here. |
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| The top of another plant |
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| Crisped Bunchflower - another flower detail |
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| Ambush bugs (Phymatinae ) mating I was shooting a close-up of a Melanthium hybridum flower, and noticed these two in my display, caught in the act. Not the greatest quality, as they were tiny, and this is heavily cropped. |
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| I also came across lots of mushrooms / fungi along my route: |
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| An emerging Bolete - Retiboletus ornatipes |
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| Indigo Milk Cap (Lactarius Indigo) |
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| Unidentified mushrooms |
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| Hundreds of teeny, tiny mushrooms on an old log |
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| Another Milk Cap species (Lactifluus sp.) |
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| Mushrooms and Fraser Magnolia seed head |
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| Amanita species |
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| Downy Rattlesnake Plantain orchid (Goodyera pubescens) |