Acer rubrum – Red Maple
Lycogala epidendrum – Wolf’s milk or Groening’s Slime
Bisporella citrina – Yellow Fairy Cups or Lemon Discos
Viburnum acerifolium – Mapleleaf Viburnum
Hamamelis virginiana – Witch-hazel
Ascocoryne sarcoides -Jelly Drops or Purple Jellydisc
Acer rubrum – Red Maple
Actaea pachypoda – White Baneberry or Doll’s-eyes
On a dark and drizzly day, brightly colored plants, fungi, and slime molds seem to shine!
Drizzling and dark
Green turns to gold
Forest alchemy
With the sun’s light hidden
The light of the leaves
The dying of chlorophyll
Reveling the bright hues
Green becomes pale yellow
Green bursts forth into crimson red
The tree trunks are muted, wet and grey
Last year’s oak leaves first met this fall’s birches – So bright and shining amongst the drab duff
Now, the beautiful maples
Ochres, oranges, and crimsons.
Each one, a work of art
Hellstrip Heaven 