The little native maple Acer circinatum adds touches of red to the Autumn landscape #plants #autumn #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Gold and blue of autumn #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Archway #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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On this fallen log, three seedlings have grown into substantial trees in their own right #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Aerial roots #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Big leaf maple (Acer macrophylla) showing off #plants #autumn #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Like two old men #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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How about a huddle of mushrooms? #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Determined to stay upright. There's a moral lesson for all of us #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Note to self: reduce the exposure on white mushrooms #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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I wonder how many horror films have taken inspiration from scenes like these. Morticia would have a garden like this #nature #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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This fallen log is supporting a thriving community of plants #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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A revelation of mushrooms #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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There should be a better collective noun for mushrooms. I am going to try some. This is a spell of magic mushrooms #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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I have learned that the paler edge indicates this is not a chanterelle #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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I found this lovely native banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus) chomping away. This one was at least 15 cm #crittersandvarmints #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Three little discs #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Some mushrooms have short lives #mushroom #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Sitka spruces have extensive buttress roots that form little grottoes at their bases. #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Apologies in advance. There will be a lot of mushrooms and fungi over the next few days. Next to this little clump is perhaps a coniferous seedling #mushroom #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Yellow mushrooms #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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A tiny white mushroom #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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It's so wet here that lichens grow to enormous sheets that break off and land on the ground #fungi #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Most people seeing this picture would marvel over the towering but svelt conifers. A local would not believe the blue skies over the Hoh Valley #plants #nature #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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A stump provides food and shelter for tender herbs #plants #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Little beige mushroom with a pronounced gill structure and veil #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Chanterelles have ridges not gills. But how can I tell without picking it? #foraging #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Big leaf maples (Acer macrophylla) create distinctive silhouettes #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Although conifers dominate, there are stands of Acer macrophylla. They add golden highlights to the forest #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Candelabra of moss #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Sunlight streaming through gaps in the canopy. Temperate rainforests do not have the dense canopies of tropical ones #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Moss covered sitka spruces #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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Little brown mushrooms #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicnationalpark #pnw #Enlight

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How straight and tall these spruces are #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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Deadly looking #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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Pure white mushrooms are often the most poisonous. This one was stunning #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #tgif_macro #Enlight

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Tiny white caps #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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A fly on the putrefying stalk of a mushroom #mushroom #crittersandvarmints #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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This strange mushroom has an irregular edge. The cap was stiff and waxy #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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This looks like an Amanita. Despite the fearsome reputation, something has found it appetising #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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I thought these were chanterelles. Sadly they were not #urbanforaging #mushroom #hohrainforest #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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The carcass of this sponge proved irresistible to these flies #crittersandvarmints #beach #seaside #nature #kalaloch #olympicmountains #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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The beach was a killing field for crabs. Did an army of sea otters pass by? #crittersandvarmints #beach #seaside #nature #kalaloch #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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We found a mass grave of seabirds on the beach. The was unexpectedly poignant #crittersandvarmints #beach #seaside #nature #kalaloch #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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The same spruces from a different angle #forest #seaside #nature #kalaloch #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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This giant is hanging on precariously to the top of an eroding bluff. In the foreground, the corpse of a neighbouring tree that has gone over the edge #forest #nature #seaside #kalaloch #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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The conifers grew right to the edge of the bluff #seaside #forest #nature #kalaloch #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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The trails of tiny creatures #crittersandvarmints #seaside #beach #kalaloch #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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There's a scene in Steven Eriksen's books describing souls trapped in jade. This is more innocuous. It is a platter sized jellyfish #crittersandvarmints #beach #Ocean #kalaloch #olympicmountains #PNW #Enlight

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