{"id":2002,"date":"2019-05-24T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2019-05-24T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T06:23:08","slug":"flowers-and-fungi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2019\/05\/24\/flowers-and-fungi\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers and Fungi."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This autumn as it draws to a close is quite unlike those that have come before. As has been previously noted, invertebrate life generally has been much reduced, and whether this has been caused by the extended dry spell we have been experiencing, or something more serious driven by climate change is a worrying uncertainty. Usually during autumn the trees would be festooned with orb weaver webs, and the shrubs would similarly be supporting innumerable leaf-curling spider webs and shelters, not so this season, they have been almost completely absent. A walk by the river turned up nothing for the camera, but the garden was more picture productive with plants that are starting to come into flower.<\/p>\n<p>Correa Mallee Bells.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/correab.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"820\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Philotheca myoporoides &#8220;Bournda Beauty&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/wax.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"867\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grevillea maccutcheonii.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/mccb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"762\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A nice Dampiera cultivar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/dampb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sweetly scented Flinders Range Wattle, Acacia iteaphylla.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/iteab.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hakea lissocarpha, just starting, a little late this year due to the dry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/hakeab.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grevillea Lemon Supreme.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/grevb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Correa reflexa, Mottle Range.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/mottle.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"831\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of moisture, fungi are appearing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/fungi.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And already, a fungus fly, genus Tapeigaster had taken possession of the largest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/fungus.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"586\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden15\/fly.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This autumn as it draws to a close is quite unlike those that have come before. As has been previously noted, invertebrate life generally has been much reduced, and whether this has been caused by the extended dry spell we have been experiencing, or something more serious driven by climate change is a worrying uncertainty. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2019\/05\/24\/flowers-and-fungi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flowers and Fungi.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}