Two views of mushrooms on a log.
Anybody know what kind of mushroom this is?
It’s in a wet area near Redeye Creek, which runs into the Withlacoochee River.
Looks like Pleurotus ostreatus is the consensus. Apparently, “Cleaned mushrooms can be sautéed, stir-fried, braised, roasted, fried, or grilled. Use the mushrooms whole, sliced, or simply torn into appropriately sized pieces.”
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Some wild hibiscus, summer of 2022.
This is Yellow Dog’s rosemallow, the last one she saw, a year before.
![[Yellow Dog's rosemallow, six petals, 2022-06-21]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2022-06-19--hibiscus/20220621_074646.jpg)
Yellow Dog’s rosemallow, six petals, 2022-06-21
This year it has six petals.
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“B W Sinclair also owned at one point some land along the Coffee Road,” says Wiregrass Region Digital History Project (WRDHP):
WRDHP photograph, apparently from Lowndes County records
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Magnetic variation 4° East Continue reading
Who knew one of our local rivers was famous for pretty shiny rocks?
Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau wrote, apparently in 2012, Withlacoochee River Lowndes County, Georgia, USA
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 – Oxides and Hydroxides Quartz var: Chalcedony 4.DA.05 SiO2
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County Chairman declares emergency so county can use local ordinances.
Valdosta flooded; residents canoing around streets.
I wonder if anybody will draw a connection between all the tree cutting and paving of recent years and this flooding, which is at least partly due to increased runoff because of those things.
![[Mushrooms on a log]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-11--mushroom-log/many.jpg)