Cryptogamic Botany Company: FieldCam - photos from the field and studio, October 2002

FieldCam

October 2002: Inspired by good weather, we made many field trips this month. In the field, we've begun to witness the change in the composition and prevalence of seaweeds as the water begins to cool down. We were also witness to the year's first Nor'easter (with surfers), a mass starfish stranding, and flourishing fungi. In the studio, we spent about a week experimenting with new ways to produce and preserve spore prints.

	October 28, 2002 . Narragansett, RI The diversity of life at the shore, with plants and animals at Scarborough Beach....
	October 21, 2002 . Narragansett, RI Among the algae, thousands of starfish washed up on the beach and in the water at URI's Bay Campus....
	October 17, 2002 . Narragansett, RI After a big coastal storm, our first Northeaster of the season, I mostly found surfers....
	October 10, 2002 . Great Swamp, RI A fungal foray in Great Swamp....
	October 8, 2002 . Narragansett, RI At the Pier, close-ups of Grateloupia, Dasya, and mottled Laminaria; and images of the masses of Ascophyllum emergent at this very low tide....
	October 6, 2002 . Kingston, RI Back in the studio, a composition of the caps of about 60 Omphalotus illudens....
	October 2, 2002 . Peace Dale, RI Despite the ongoing drought, a good flush of mushrooms outside the studio....