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Alexander
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Nature, Photography and Education,

Always open to discussion of identification and more,

Based in Upstate NY,

All photos are mine unless repost,

My life is inherently political, and nature is too.

As left as left gets. This is a safe space.

(He/Him)
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Dahlia
Dahlia
Upstate NY
#Nature #Photography #BloomScrolling #Flower
A photo of a Dahlia flower grown at Olana, Husdon, NY. The flower is bright pink with a yellow center where the anthers stick out like thin tendrils. There are numerous petals surrounding the stigma in a staggered pattern. There are multiple flowers that are bloomed and closed in the background. There is leafy foliage all around.
September 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Common Puffball
Brick Cap
Lycoperdon perlatum
Hypholoma lateritium
Upstate NY
#Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography #Nature
A photo of two different types of mushrooms. The top most mushrooms, which are small round white balls with thick stalks that meld into the cap and have a darker center, are Puffballs. The lower most mushrooms are brick caps, which are a pancake looking mushroom. The brick caps are larger than the Puffballs and have a flat cap. The flat cap of the Brick Cap is orange/tan with a darker center. There are many sticks and leaves surrounding and covering the mushrooms. There are also many mushrooms in general.
September 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Deer Mushroom
Pluteus cervinus
Upstate NY
#Nature #Photography #FungiFriends #Mushroom
A photo of a large mushroom taken from under the cap. The gills are a cream orange pinkish color. The stem is thick. The cap is barely visible. The mushroom is growing out of the side of a stump.
September 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Common Earth Ball
Scleroderma citrinum
Upstate NY
#Nature #Photography #Mushroom #FungiFriends
A photo of two common earth balls sitting side by side. They are small round egg looking mushrooms with a scaly outer membrane. They are a tan color with darker scales. They are sitting on a patch of moss.
September 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Japanese Knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
Upstate NY
#Photography #Nature #Invasive #BloomScrolling
A close up photo of Knotweed flowers. The flowers are tiny white trumpet like blooms with long stamen. They line a stalk coming out at haphazard angles. The Sun is shining through the flowers.
September 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Double Petunia
Petunia x hybrida
Upstate NY
#Flower #Nature #BloomScrolling #Photography
A photo of a double petunia flower. The flower has many petals that are deep purple with white tips.
July 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Lily of the Valley
Convallaria majalis
Upstate NY
#Photography #Nature #BloomScrolling #Flowers
A photo of lily of the valley flowers. The flowers are small white bell looking flowers with an almost pleated rim. They droop down in a line along the stem of the plant. The flowers are surrounded by broad leaf foliage.
May 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Insect-egg Slime Mold
Leocarpus fragilis
Upstate NY
#Photography #Nature #SlimeMold
A photo of insect-egg slime mold that most likely has frost damage. The mold is bright orange with lighter colored little balls dotted all around. There is leaf litter all over the ground, and some twigs overlay on the mold.
May 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Wood Forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica
Upstate NY
#Photography #BloomScrolling #Nature #Flowers
A photo of white forget-me-not flowers. There are 7 visible flowers in one bunch and 1 flower below the other bunch. The flowers are small with 5 petals and typically a yellow center that is hollow.
May 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Garden grape-hyacinth
Muscari armeniacum
Upstate NY
#Photography #BloomScrolling #Flower #Nature
A photo of multiple Garden grape-hyacinth flowers. The flowers look like little bells or grapes lining a thin stalk in a compact cone shape. The upper portion of the cone shapes flowers are closed while the lower ones are open.
May 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Turkey tail
Trametes versicolor
Upstate NY
#Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography #Nature
A photo of a turkey tail mushroom on the side of a lichen covered tree. The mushroom is small and shelf/fan shaped with golden edges.
April 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Witch's butter
Tremella mesenterica
Upstate NY
#Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography #Nature
A photo of Witches butter on a mossy stick. The fungi is a small, wrinkly mass that is bright orange.
April 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Wild Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Upstate NY
#Photography #BloomScrolling #Nature #Flower
A photo of wild daffodil flowers. The angle views straight into the opening of one yellow flower and up at the sky. The other flowers are all drooped downwards. There are many stalks and leaves of the plant around them. The sky is pink and cloudy in the background.
April 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Milk-white Toothed Polypore
Irpex lacteus
Upstate NY
#Photography #FungiFriends #Mushroom #Polypore #Nature
A photo of most likely Milk-white Toothed Polypore. The polypore is crust like and has very small pores. The edges of the polypore are redish. There are cracks in the crust fungus and dirt spotting it.
April 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Thin-Maze Flat Polypore
Daedaleopsis septentrionalis
Upstate NY
#Photography #FungiFriends #Mushroom #Polypore #Nature
A close-up shot of the gills of a Thin-maze polypore. The polypore is white with maze like gills that have dirt in them.
April 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Upstate NY
#Photography #Nature
A photo of immature Christmas fern fiddleheads. The stalks are thin and green, which curls at the end into a spiral. The stalks are covered in hair that protects the fern. There are three ferns in view with sticks and leaves on the ground.
March 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Common Hibiscus
Hibiscus syriacus
Upstate NY
#Photography #BloomScrolling #Flower
A photo of a Common Hibiscus flower that is dotted with water droplets. The flower is a rich pink/purple color with a prominent pistil that is yet to fully emerge. There is greenery behind the flower and a clump of fallen petals draped below the flower.
March 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis
Upstate NY
#Photography #Bloomscrolling #Flowers
A photo of snowdrop flowers. The plants shoot up and then arch downwards with a thin stem leading to the flower. The flower is a small white three petaled blossom that faces the ground. There are multiple in the background and one in focus.
March 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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White Clover
Trifolium repens
Upstate NY
#Luck #StPatricksDay
A photo of someone holding a 5 leaf clover. This clover has three larger leaves and two smaller leaves. It was found on my DEC internship working as a watershed intern. This was found along with many other 4 leaf clovers that were dispersed among coworkers.
March 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Musk Mallow
Malva moschata
Upstate NY
#Flower #BloomScrolling
#Photography
A photo of a Musk mallow flower. The flower is a light purple/pink color. There is fresh rain on the petals. There is greenery in the background.
March 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Turkey Tail
Trametes versicolor
Upstate NY
#Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography
A photo of turkey tail mushrooms. The mushroom is thin, and fans out in an oblate circle. The edges are thinner with a lighter color, and the inner portion is thicker with banding of orange and tan colors. There is grass and straw around the fungi.
March 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Spring Polypore
Lentinus arcularius
Upstate NY
#Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography
A photo of a tan mushroom know as the spring polypore. The mushroom is small with a round cap with a chunk missing on the left side. The stem is thin and flaked with mud along with the cap. The mushroom has a convex center of the cap.
March 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Bush Honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica
Upstate NY
#Invasive #Photography #Nature
A photo of a Bush Honeysuckle plant and its berries. The plant has tapered oval leaves with bright orange small round berries. There are four berries and 6 leaves in the frame. The leaves have some insect perdation, which is most likely ants, as there is a small any at the edge of one of the upper leaves.
February 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Shaggy Scalycap
Pholiota squarrosa
Upstate NY
#Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography #MushroomMonday
A photo of three spiked mushrooms growing from a log. The photo is taken from a birds eye view. The mushrooms are round and close together, which make them touch. The mushrooms are a tan color with darker spikes all over the cap and with a darker center.
February 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Black-stalked Marasmius
Tetrapyrgos nigripes
Upstate NY
#Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography
A photo of two very small mushrooms emerging from a stump, known as the Black-stalked Marasmius. These mushrooms are small as a pin and have white caps with darker stems. There is foliage in the background. One drop of water drips from a stick above the mushrooms, giving contrast to the size of the mushrooms.
February 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM