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Flying fish and fungi
Lidija Hauck, who shared her backyard wildlife images in a previous Rivertalk column, sent a new photo she took from her car window recently. She writes, “My husband and I were driving down to Honesdale on Upper Woods Road alongside the brook when we saw this eagle swoop by with an eel in its claws.”
Less dramatic, but interesting in their own right, are the many forms taken by fungi. Here are two residents of the Upper Delaware region.
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| TRR photo by Sandy Long | |
| Boletellus chrysenteroides is a bolete, or sponge mushroom. Since they are soft and fleshy, then tend to rot quickly. While it is considered edible, consuming any wild mushroom should be approached with extreme caution. (Click for larger version) |
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| TRR photo by Sandy Long | |
| These examples of Laetiporus sulphureus, or Chicken of the Woods, fell from a tree along Tusten’s Ten Mile River. The bright yellow-orange mushroom is a bracket fungus. Its margins are edible. Bracket fungi are firm and leathery, allowing them to last for long periods of time. (Click for larger version) |
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| TRR photo by Sandy Long | |
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| Contributed image by Lidija Hauck | |
| An eagle carries its prey, an American eel, aloft near Honesdale, PA. Many think eels are snakes, but in fact, an eel is a fish. (Click for larger version) |
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