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Stillhouse Cove - Late 2018 Southern Nantahala Wilderness Area |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
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Stillhouse Cove - Late 2018 Southern Nantahala Wilderness Area |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
| In mid December 2018, I was exploring some creek segments I hadn't yet visited: |
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| A form of Witch's Butter... I forgot to examine the old fallen tree this was growing on. If conifer, this is Dacrymyces chrysospermus. If hardwood, it's Tremella mesenterica. |
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| A nice freefall on an un-named branch, almost 40 feet tall. I had visited this waterfall gorge before, but hadn't scrambled up to the base of this drop. |
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| Tall freefalling waterfalls like this are not common in this area. |
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| Detail at base of drop |
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| I suspected this was a Tolypocladium species when I saw it. I should have excavated below it to get the deer truffle (Elaphomyces sp.) attached. |
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| Creek view from an old logging road |
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| A variety of fungi and lichens on this fallen limb, including the golden yellow Stereum complicatum. |
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| Another smaller freefall |
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| Waterfall detail |