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Indigo Milk Cap Mushroom
Lactarius indigo
These otherworldly deep indigo blue milkcaps contain a derivative of azulene. This pigment is also found in some species of soft corals throughout the oceans.
Edible (at your own risk). They have a mild taste to me and I prefer them sauteed.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
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Lepiota sp.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Sometimes it's the little things that make your day.
Tiny mushrooms, an acorn, and lichen amongst a blanket of moss covering the forest floor.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Amanita Sect. Validae
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Deer mushroom
Pluteus sp.
Aug. 18th, 2023
Growing in old growth bottomland woods.
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Russula sp.
There are over 200 known species of russula in the United States. It's one of my favorite genera of fungi.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Agaricus sp.
Shadowing the forest floor with its magnificent dark gills.
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Yellow Corydalis
Corydalis flavula
March 31st, 2023
Wildwood, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
March 31st, 2023
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Pale Jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
Native to much of eastern North America, pale jewelweed prefers wet soils in bottomland forests, along streams, etc... Jewelweed is also an old remedy for poison ivy rashes. Hummingbirds love the flowers as well. The pictured plants were growing en masse in a bottomland forest next to the Big River.
Sept. 1st, 2021
Washington County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Largeflower Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
Also known as Merrybells, this stunning spring ephemeral in the lily family is found in woods throughout central and eastern North America. Native Americans traditionally used this species as a remedy for certain skin conditions.
April 12th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Ruby Dapperling
Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus
Aug. 14th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
April 12th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Violet Wood Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
This beautiful oxalis violacea with showy, soft violet blooms is a perennial species native to the eastern and central United States.
May 12th, 2023
Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Amanita sect. Vaginatae
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Lanceleaf Frogfruit
Phyla lanceolata
This perennial species in the verbena family is native to much of the United States and Mexico. It's usually found growing in disturbed wetlands, ditches, or yards and provides nectar for many beneficial insects when it blooms during summer.
The plant pictured was in disturbed bottomland woods near Butler Lake and the Meramec River in southern St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
June 20th, 2023
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Mica Cap Mushrooms
Coprinellus sect. Micacei
Growing at the base of an old cottonwood tree in the woods.
April 3rd, 2024
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Tall Thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana
This anemone is native to the United States and southern Canada, where its range extends primarily east of the Great Plains. Its common name originates from the cluster of pistils forming a thimble shape, and it can tolerate and grow in a variety of conditions. This particular plant was thriving in a partly sunny, moist area of the woods near a small creek.
June 22nd, 2023
St. Francois County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Amanita section Validae
I found this gorgeous, lemon yellow amanita mushroom in a healthy bottomland forest surrounded by pin oaks, river birches, and American elms.
July 26th, 2023
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline
Wood Wakerobin
Trillium viride
Endemic to east-central Missouri and south-west Illinois, this trillium species can be found growing in woods with rich soils and on rocky slopes. It blooms in mid to late spring and there are lookalike trilliums; however, T. viride has a characteristic unique only to it - tiny, yet visible stomata that look like white dots all over the top of its leaves.
April 17th, 2024
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline