Did not know about this group. Will join! Nature is helping with my sanity.

of what it means to be in a group? I am being lazy...should look it up. Thanks!

...from the "about this group" button above:

just wondering how it works, when one is a subscriber to a group. Do I get emails or something / updates of new posts, etc.?

Will do some research of my own. Thanks!

I'm rooting for that sweet little maple trying it's best in the pine grove.


~PEACE~

...in their territorial battle against both the Red and White pine groves.

your walk. Walks in the woods are one of my favorite things.

Your delicate ground cover looks like what's called running pine here in SWNC. It's a club moss - Lycopodium clavatum. (But I am no botanist, so I could be wrong.)

...and I could look up the name of the cover but have never bothered to do so. It is primarily in a 30 x30 foot patch nestled between the Red pines and some Hawthorns, but the patch has been decreasing in number and size over the last 25 years.

I make a point of never walking through the patch.

a Fairy Ring (circle of white mushrooms)! Thanks for the beautiful pics!

...what I can find out.

from an original central mushroom. It spreads its spores in a ring around its base, and subsequent generations enlarge that ring.

...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring

the ring mushrooms seem to visually match Clitocybe dealbata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_dealbata)...

but with all things mushroom caution is advised...

...

Reminders of nature's awesome power to thrive in the face of human stupidity are keeping my sanity intact.

...glad you enjoyed.

Do you do a lot of macro photos?

(Just back from vacation, so catching up....)

...and to be honest, all the photos above were taken with my phone (a cheap Samsung).