Lucia Hadella

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Writer, wonderer, concerned Earthling.

I saw my first ever Great Lake this weekend on a trip to Stone Laboratory, a research station owned by Ohio State University 🧫🔬. Lake Erie is the smallest and shallowest of the Great Lakes, and it's also the most productive in terms of commercial fishing 🎣. And with over 180 invasive species and seasonal harmful algal blooms that carry deadly toxins ☠, it's also ecologically troubled. Agricultural runoff and pollution from urban centers are primary contributors. 🚜 🏙 . P. 1: Approaching Stone Lab on Gibraltar Island // P. 2: Invasive zebra mussels // P.3: Algae collected from Erie
Yesterday we watched an Eastern tiger swallowtail feast on spotted Joe-pye weed. I was tickled by the scene and even more delighted to come home and I.D. the plant. I'm learning the lay of the land in this new ecosystem slowly but surely! 🦋🌱🌸
We're not entirely sure of the I.D. on this fungal friend, but @friendofforests recognized it as one that turns an inky blue/green when bruised through pressing. We tested it out, and he was right! It was cool to watch the bruising on the crushed spores grow darker and darker.
Introducing: Amanita muscaria var. formosa! I had no expectation that a trip to Virginia's Cascade Falls Trail would feature so many beautiful mushrooms, including from the genus Amanita. 🍄 This is the first we've seen of this sunshine-yellow variety☀️. What a delight! 💛💫 . . ID credit: @friendofforests
When a star explodes. 💫💥☄
The most memorable sight from our trip to the Park of Roses 🌹 was actually this white hibiscus, 🌺 peeking out from its place in the shade.
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