Cuts made for powerlines are often good places to find butterflies and plants. This one is near Call Hollow Road and Harriman State Park. It has a lot of laurel bushes. Unfortunately, these areas are often used for illegal dumping.
Right of Way
Harriman SP
Harriman SP
We typically visit Harriman State Park in New York about twice a year. This trip was in early June, when the mountain laurel was still blooming (laurel in prior post). The sphinx moth was a treat. Nature always offers rewards.
Mountain Laurel
In June, I photographed mountain laurel in three locations. I found a pink variety in a right-of-way near Call Hollow Road near the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. At the arboretum there was a striking red variety. I love the sculptural design of the flowers.
Kanawauke Nature Museum Doors
This charming little nature center is by lake Kanawauke in Harriman State Park, New York.
For Thursday Doors – Around Hartford — Thursday Doors – JusJoJan – No Facilities
St John’s in the Wilderness Doors
St John’s in the Wilderness, a lovely little church, is in the southern end of Harriman State Park, New York.
For Thursday Doors Runaround — Prepare the Badges – No Facilities
Harriman State Park
Harriman State Park straddles Rockland and Orange Counties in New York State. We attempted to do most of the 7 lakes drive starting at the north end near Bear Mountain to the south end near Ramapo. Some roads where closed. It was a lovely drive.
Harriman Fungi
Here are some of the fungi we saw on July 29th by Stony Brook in Harriman State Park, NY. There were more mushrooms than I have seen in years that day. Conditions must have been just right. I did my best to ID these with my two books on Fungi. I am not 100% sure if I got them right. If there are any mycologists out there who can correct me, please do.
Need I say, do not eat the Destroying Angel, Amanita bisporigera – Wikipedia. I included the Indian Pipes, Monotropa uniflora – Wikipedia which is a plant and not a fungus.
Destroying Angel (Amanita bisporigera), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Emetic Russula (Russula emetica), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Cleft-foot Amanita (Amenita brunnescens),. Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Cleft-foot Amanita (Amenita brunnescens),. Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Cleft-foot Amanita (Amenita brunnescens),. Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Lepiota sp., Harriman SP, Orange County, NY 7/29/2021 
Shaggy Parasol (Lepiota rachodes), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Deceptive Milky (Lactearius deceptivus)? Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Variable Russula (Russulaceae variata), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Variable Russula (Russulaceae variata)? Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Variable Russula (Russulaceae variata), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Variable Russula (Russulaceae variata), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Russula sp.? Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Gilled fungus, Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Fungi, Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
White Marasimus (Marasimuiellus albascorticis), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
White Marasimus (Marasimuiellus albascorticis), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Red-orange Mycena (Mycenus strobilinoides), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces confusus), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces confusus), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Boletus sp. and Daddy Longelgs or Harvestman (Opiliones), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Ornate-stalked Bolete (Boletus ornatipes), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Ornate-stalked Bolete (Boletus ornatipes), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021
Day at Harriman
An all day trip to Harriman State Park (ny.gov), Orange County, New York on July 29th plus with stops at Iona Island and Greenbrook Sanctuary | Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey (njpalisades.org) in New Jersey on the way home.
We hiked along a trail by Stony Brook for a few miles. All along the trail was a bonanza crop of Fungi. I’ll be posting those tomorrow.
Stony Brook, Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Daddy Longelgs or Harvestman (Opiliones), Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Russula sp., Stony Brook, Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Stony Brook, Harriman SP, Orange County, NY 7/29/2021 
Harriman SP, Orange County, NY 7/29/2021 
New York fern (Parathelypteris noveboracensis), Greenbrook, NJ 7/29/2021 
Lake Skannatati, Harriman SP, NY 7/29/2021 
Iona Island, Location, Rockland County, NY 7/29/2021