Greenhouse foray

Here's some stuff I found during some regular visits to the campus greenhouse, in the middle of winter, when it was in the single digits for days. These were all taken in mid-January.

Here we find blooming Hoya javanica (common name "Shooting Star" for some crazy reason), cacao fruit, and Davallia fern (the underside of the leaves, showing the sori).

Well, no title needed HERE....

originally uploaded by Mycologista.

Found this tree on campus.

Grisette--Amanita vaginata--and Clavulinopsis laeticolor

"Grisette," Amanita vaginata.

 Common name refers to a French working-class woman, usually a part-time "flirt;" from "gris" (grey), the color of the cheap unbleached clothing they wore.
Anyway, these mushrooms have characteristic striated cap edges, a ring and a nice volva.
Bonus: this photo appears in Michael Kuo's latest book, "Mushrooms of the Midwest"!











Tiny orange coral, probably Clavulinopsis laeticolor.