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

FieldCam

November/December 2002: Although many of the fungi we found in September and October are gone now, we are still finding inspiring scenes at the shore: the largest mounds of drift we've ever seen at Scarborough South, painterly impressionistic scenes of schooling fish at the Pier, and interesting algae and animals from several of our common haunts. On a Friday afternoon, we also made it up to the RISD Nature Lab to give a small workshop on seaweed pressing.

	December 19, 2002 . Narragansett, RI Checking in at the URI Bay Campus we find lots of Ulva and very prominent Grateloupia, an invasive species first reported in Rhode Island in 1996....
	December 10, 2002 . Narragansett, RI At the Pier we study mottled Laminaria, and back at the studio we study the Terebellid worms that came in among our algae....
	November 22, 2002 . Narragansett, RI A quick excursion to Newton Rock, one of our favorite places to get away from the office/studio. Great shots of some common crustose algae....
	November 15, 2002 . Providence, RI Our visit to to RISD's Nature Lab, where we gave a small workshop on pressing algae....
	November 14, 2002 . Narragansett, RI Fantastic schools of small fish at the Pier, being chased by larger fish, being chased by even larger fishermen. Also, an immense wall of drift (mostly red algae) at Scarborough Beach....
	November 2, 2002 . Narragansett, RI A very low tide at Scarborough Beach, revealing algae in situ -- attached on rocks which are being covered by sand....