03:15

Some thoughts on fall and winter hiking.

00:48

Hen of the woods, Grifola frondosa, fruiting.

01:07

Trametes elegans, "white turkey tail" A tropical shelf fungi in southern Illinois.

01:26

Stump puffball invasion, Stump puffballs, Apioperdon pyriforme (old name: Lycoperdon pyriforme).

01:19

Populus deltoides, eastern cotton wood in Giant city state park.

01:11

Swamp locust, Gleditsia aquatica, in the Caesalpinia family

01:03

The veiled Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus dryinus, edible.

01:46

Climbing buckwheat, Fallopia scandens, a native plant, Southern Illinois.

01:31

Wild lettuce, Lactuca floridana at Giant city state park.

01:09

Verbena urticifolia, the nettle leaved vervain, eastern North America.

01:33

Brittle cinders, Kretzschmaria deusta, old and new growths.

01:24

Evening primrose, Oenothera biennis, a common weed.

01:12

Early fall yellow passionflower, Southern Illinois.

01:21

Yellow blusher, Amanita flavorubens, in southern Illinois.

01:20

Spring avens, Geum vernum at Giant city state park.

00:18

Horse flies (Tabanus sulcifrons) at Giant city state park, summer after a rain.

00:27

Trillium trail cliff face at Giant city state park, September 1 2024.

00:15

The golden reshi, Ganoderm curtisii, in southern Illinois.

02:11

Jerusalem artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus, a native American vegetable.

01:58

Japanese hops gone wild. Humulus japonicus, This one is not used in beer.

01:44

Monkey flower, Mimulus alatus, wet site eastern North America plant.

01:12

The golden chanterelle in the field.

01:24

Indian tobacco, Lobelia inflata, at Giant city state park.

01:11

Artomyces pyxidatus, Crown tipped coral mushroom.

01:23

Woodland sunflower, Helianthus divericatus, Giant city state park.

01:43

The shrubby St John's wort, Hypericum prolificum

01:43

Maypops blooming. Passiflora incarnata.

02:47

Cobra lily, Darlingtonia californica. Growing.

02:05

Mimosa tree, Albizia julibrissin, an Asian tree.

01:04

Wild carrot, Daucus carota.

01:05

Cracked cap polypore, Phellinus robiniae, Southern Illinois. Edible.

01:14

Enchanter's nightshade, Circaea canadensis, in Giant city state park. Southern Illinois.

01:10

Purple edged polypore, Trichaptum biforme, so so colored.

01:12

Black jack oak, Quercus marilandica, Giant city state park.

03:08

Black hoof mushroom, Phellinus linteus, in southern Illinois.

03:12

A coral fungi, Phaeoclavelina (Ramaria) myceliosa, in southern Illinois.

01:19

The raspberry slime mold, Tubiera ferruginosa.

02:07

Poke milkweed, Asclepias exaltata, at Giant city state park.

02:04

American columbo, Frasera caroliniensis, blooming at Giant city state park.

01:25

The start of the Trillium trail at Giant city state park. Late May.

01:25

Alligator weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides, a wetland plant.

02:17

The northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa in southern Illinois.

01:49

The black tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica at Giant city state park.

01:40

Manna grass, Glyceria striata, a wetland grass of the USA.

01:14

Twayblade orchid, Liparis liliifolia, at Giant city state park.

01:41

Forbe's saxifrage, Saxifraga pensylvanica forbesii, (AKA Micranthes forbesii) in southern Illinois.

01:09

Brittle cinder, Kretzschmaria deusta in Giant city state park. A plant pathogen.

16:02

Most of the lower Trillium trail, May. Giant city state park.

00:11

The eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly.

01:32

Jack in the pulpit rust, Uromyces ari-triphylli.

01:02

The Ohio spiderwort, Tradescantia ohiensis, a eastern north American forest/grassland plant.

01:23

Yellow nut sedge, Cyperus esculentus, on it's way to world domination.

01:39

Maple spindle gall mite, Vadates aceriscrumena in maples.

01:26

Maypop, Passiflora incarnata, Just coming up, May.

01:08

Indian plantain, Arnoglossum atriplicifolium, in the sunflower family, unbloomed.

01:49

Widow's cross, Sedum pulchellum, a native stonecrop.

01:09

The gray bark grape (winter grape), Vitis cinerea, with young fruit.

01:31

The narrow leafed vetch, Vicia angustifolia, a weedy plant.

01:11

A Tulip tree flower, Liriodendron tulipifera.

03:56

The little barley, Hordeum pusillum, a native annual.