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October 20th, 2020 Reader Photo Gallery

September 2020 - Part Two

Suffering stinkhorns! Your second gallery for September includes two species of these strange and super-stinky fungi. Sherry Larsen photographed a bumblebee at the moment it entered a closed bottle gentian, Patricia Liddle offered a burl Rorschach test, and Frank Kaczmarek took a remarkable shot of marooned caddisfly pupal chambers (check out photo 28).

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Sunburst Lichen Photo: Ron Becker
Onondaga County Highland Forest, NY. “Sunburst lichen on a weathered fence rail.” | Photo: Ron Becker
Pollinator Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. A pollinator dive bombs a whorled aster (Aster acuminatus). | Photo: AM Dannis
Pinesap Photo: Pam Landry
Montague, MA. “Spectacular clump of pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys) bringing welcomed color to the dry forest.” | Photo: Pam Landry
Mushroom squirrel Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Mushroom meal for a red squirrel.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Fungus Photo: Patricia Liddle
New Lebanon Shaker Museum/Mount Lebanon, NY. “A fungus with such rich colors against the green.” | Photo: Patricia Liddle
Hawkweek Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lyman, NH. “A late blooming orange hawkweed flower whose colors were echoed by the autumn colors of a maple leaf.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Foliage Photo: Sheri Larsen
Stowe, VT. “Fall colors with Stowe Pinnacle in the background.” | Photo: Sheri Larsen
stinkhorn Photo: Bonita R. Choly
Bennington, VT. “P.U. A stinkhorn.” [Ravenel’s stinkhorn]. | Photo: Bonita R. Choly
Pine Photo: Cindy Morin
Pownal, ME. “The boulder said, ‘No, you can’t.’ The seedling said, ‘Watch me.’ | Photo: Cindy Morin
Trees Photo: Emilia Williams
Thetford, VT. “Looking up.” | Photo: Emilia Williams
Railroad Photo: Rodney Johnson
North Creek, NY. “Abandoned railroad alongside the Upper Hudson River.” | Photo: Rodney Johnson
Creeper Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “A hog sphinx (D. myron) munches on Virginia creeper.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Porcupine Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “A porcupine taking an afternoon stroll through the woods.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Canoe Photo: John Blaser
Adirondacks, NY. “Crossing a beaver flow in the St. Regis Canoe Area.” | Photo: John Blaser
Jack Photo: Karen Bruder
Cumberland, ME. “Jack-in-the-pulpit.” | Photo: Karen Bruder
Stinkhorn Photo: Wendi Light
Goodrich, MI. A devil’s stinkhorn mushroom. “First time I’ve seen [a stinkhorn] in my yard.” | Photo: Wendi Light
Hawk Photo: Sheri Larsen
Stowe, VT. Broad-winged hawk. | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Garden spider Photo: Karen Bruder
Cumberland, ME. “Yellow garden spider.” | Photo: Karen Bruder
Yellowthroat Photo: Charlie Schwarz
South Williamsport, PA. “The last common yellowthroats that spend the summer in Pennsylvania are heading south in September.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Loon Photo: Brigitte Kingsbury
Chain of Ponds Township, ME. “A loon taking a stretch back-dropped by foliage at its peak!” | Photo: Brigitte Kingsbury
Hemlock shelf Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Plymouth, NH. “Hemlock cone on a shelf fungus.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Green darner Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “A green darner dragonfly rests among the rushes.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Butter and eggs Photo: Ross Lanius
North Haven, CT. Butter and eggs, an invasive wildflower found across the Northeast. | Photo: Ross Lanius
Burl Photo: Patricia Liddle
Raven Ridge Nature Conservancy Monkton, VT. What do you see in the burl? | Photo: Patricia Liddle
Mushroom Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “See why they call me a parasol mushroom?” (Macrolepiota procera) | Photo: AM Dannis
Solomon Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Fruit of false Solomon's seal.” | Photo: AM Dannis
Doe Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Snydertown, PA. “Doe kicking up the insects; turkeys eating the insects.” | Photo: Bonnie Honaberger
Caddisfly pebbles Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Lisbon, NH. “Tiny pebbles glued together to form pupal chambers for a species of caddisfly larva revealed along a river bed where water levels were exceedingly low due to the current drought conditions.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Sunset Photo: John Blaser
Adirondacks, NY. “Sunset on Long Pond, St. Regis Canoe Area.” | Photo: John Blaser
Spring peeper Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH.”A spring peeper blends into a changing sycamore leaf.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Chipmunk Photo: Anonymous
Strafford, VT. A chipmunk on alert. | Photo: Anonymous
Aster Photo: Tami Gingrich
Middlefield, OH. “A dreamy fall field featuring New England aster.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Varnish shelf Photo: Cindy Morin
Pownal, ME. A varnish shelf mushroom, also known as a reishi. “This reishi mushroom is shaped like a heart!” | Photo: Cindy Morin
Sumac Photo: Tami Gingrich
Burton, OH. “Poison sumac and winterberry fruit grace the shoreline of glacial kettle, Lake Kelso.” | Photo: Tami Gingrich
Wood frog Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Thetford, VT. A wood frog half-buried in the leaves. | Photo: Elise Tillinghast
Milkweed pods Photo: Sheri Larsen
West Rutland, VT. Milkweed pods. | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Spider Photo: Susan Johnson
Hinesburg, VT. “Early morning spider art.” | Photo: Susan Johnson
Bumblebee Photo: Sheri Larsen
Stowe, VT. A bumblebee pushes its way into a closed bottle gentian flower. This late-blooming plant mostly relies on bumblebees for pollination, as few other insects are strong enough to push their way through the petals. | Photo: Sheri Larsen
Baneberry Photo: Karen Bruder
Cumberland, ME. “White baneberry (doll’s eyes).” | Photo: Karen Bruder
White tail fawn Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Warrensville, PA. “Fall's here, but some white-tail fawns still show some of their spots.” | Photo: Charlie Schwarz
Tongue fungus Photo: Anonymous
Central Vermont. “Earth tongue fungus pushes up among sphagnum moss.” | Photo: Anonymous
Turtle Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Whitefield, NH. “Snapping turtle hatchling.” | Photo: Frank Kaczmarek
Tree Photo: Patricia Liddle
Raven Ridge Nature Conservancy Monkton, VT. “Tree portrait.” | Photo: Patricia Liddle
Baldpate Mountain Photo: Eric D'Aleo
North Oxford, ME. “Baldpate Mountain - East and West peak.” | Photo: Eric D'Aleo
Foliage Photo: AM Dannis
Dalton, NH. “Tunneling through this year's exceptional drought-driven fall foliage.” | Photo: AM Dannis

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