oliviarosaline

Forest Wanderer

28/Female/Earthling- An amateur naturalist and geology major living in the Missouri Ozarks. Botany 🌿, mycology 🍄, geology 🏔️, foraging 🍓, gardening and more! 🌼🐦🦉🐝 😀 (Natural sciences are my niche.) •iNaturalist ID: oliviarosaline •Rockd Macrostrat Lab: Olivia Myers

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Ozark Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis vernalis

This fragrant species of witch-hazel requires a winter freeze to bloom and is endemic to the Ozarks in Missouri, Arkansas, and parts of eastern Oklahoma.

Feb. 14th, 2024

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

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Greek Anemone

Anemonoides blanda

Remnants of a long abandoned Victorian era garden, these beautiful deep purple flowers are now growing as a naturalized small population in hillside woods overlooking the Mississippi River. Although they're not native to this region, they're thankfully not one of the several invasive species taking over the local ecosystem.

Feb. 27th, 2024

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

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Little Nest Polypore

Trametes conchifer Syn. Poronidulus conchifer

This adorable tiny polypore species was on a hardwood twig in old growth bottomland woods near the Meramec River.

Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Aug. 18th, 2023

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Chanterelle species

Cantharellus tenuithrix

Aug. 14th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

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Cinnabar Chanterelles

Cantharellus subg. Cinnabarinus

Like their larger bright yellow cousins, these small reddish orange chanterelles feature false gills which do not easily flake away; likewise, this characteristic helps distinguish them from poisonous lookalikes such as the jack o' lantern mushroom.

Edible (at your own risk). Always have a positive ID before trying any wild mushroom you forage.

Aug. 15th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

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Old Man of the Woods

Strobilomyces sp.

This shaggy, dusky mushroom is in the bolete family and can be hard to find because it often blends in with leaf litter or pinecones.

Aug. 15th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

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