Didn't have the time I wanted for International Rock Flipping Day yesterday but did get a few photos. I liked the "worm in the worm" look of the gut inside the earthworm under one of the rocks that I flipped. All the rocks that I flipped were around one of my wild flower gardens.
The soybeans are now ripening and will be ready for harvest in a few weeks. In 2006 they were being harvested in the first week of October.
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Hard to believe that fungus can be so beautiful. This is "Chicken-in-the-Woods" or Laetiporus sulphureus. I often see this mushroom in the late summer but seldom as accessible as this.
Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) has very small flowers that bloom in pairs that are 90 degrees from each other as they go up the stem. It blooms from June to August according to the books but this is a photo from September. The flowers are between 6 & 8 mm long.
