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🧚🏽♀️fairie in the forest🧚🏽♀️

Amanita Sect. Caesareae

Aug. 18th, 2023
Wildwood, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline

Virginia Springbeauties
Claytonia virginica



This beautiful little spring ephemeral is found throughout eastern North America and is sometimes also known as fairy spud.
St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
March 13th, 2024
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline

False Rue Anemone
Enemion biternatum


St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
March 13th, 2024
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline

Greek Anemone
Anemonoides blanda

Remnants of a long abandoned Victorian era garden, these beautiful deep purple flowers are now growing as a naturalized small population in hillside woods overlooking the Mississippi River. Although they're not native to this region, they're thankfully not one of the several invasive species taking over the local ecosystem.
Feb. 27th, 2024
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline

Old Man of the Woods
Strobilomyces sp.

This shaggy, dusky mushroom is in the bolete family and can be hard to find because it often blends in with leaf litter or pinecones.
Aug. 15th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline

Cinnabar Chanterelles
Cantharellus subg. Cinnabarinus


Like their larger bright yellow cousins, these small reddish orange chanterelles feature false gills which do not easily flake away; likewise, this characteristic helps distinguish them from poisonous lookalikes such as the jack o' lantern mushroom.
Edible (at your own risk). Always have a positive ID before trying any wild mushroom you forage.
Aug. 15th, 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

Little Nest Polypore
Trametes conchifer Syn. Poronidulus conchifer


This adorable tiny polypore species was on a hardwood twig in old growth bottomland woods near the Meramec River.
Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA
Aug. 18th, 2023
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

Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
This native, white bleeding heart plant blooms throughout the eastern United States during early spring.
March 31st, 2023
Jefferson 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

Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba


These gorgeous spring ephemerals are usually found in woods with rich, somewhat alkaline, well drained-soils across eastern North America. Their flowers can vary in color and petal count. The hepatica plants pictured were growing on wooded hillsides featuring dolomite rock outcrops.
March 30th, 2023
St. Francois 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

Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
April 12th, 2023
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Olivia R. Myers
@oliviarosaline






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