Identification help and some pics.

tonym

tonym

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I thought I'd share some pics and ask for some help identifying some things.

Thanks,

Tony




















My little pup wanted to see if his head could fit in Marcelo's neighbor's dog's mouth..






Ok, Now can yall tell me what the hell this funky looking thing is?

I cut 1 in half so you can see the inside. It was growing out of the ground, wetland. About 5" tall.





And this Lil guy was hanging out on the back of my house last night.

Some type of Salamander I think.





And last but not least. I picked up this knife from Marcelo in a trade. The guy he got it from has no idea who made it. It almost looks like an Adventure Sworn blade, but I'm not sure. I know Skogkniven was doing allot of his handles, so maybe this is one of their collaborations.

Anyway, being a Scandi lover and the fact that I like snakes I had to have it.



What does liking snakes have to do with you may ask..




 
Not sure what the thing growing out of the ground is. Them furry things is dogs. Little slimy critter's a salamander. That thing climbing the tree is the common (unfortunately) arboreal yankee, which can be found in increasingly alarming numbers south of the Mason-Dixon nowadays:D.
 
Carolina River Rat said:
That thing climbing the tree is the common (unfortunately) arboreal yankee, which can be found in increasingly alarming numbers south of the Mason-Dixon nowadays:D.
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Now is it unfortunate that it is common or arboreal? I am confused.

I probably shouldn't be, but the 4 or so years I spent in the south has made me a little slow:o
 
tonym said:
Now is it unfortunate that it is common or arboreal? I am confused.

I probably shouldn't be, but the 4 or so years I spent in the south has made me a little slow:o
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Well played, sir. On a serious note, that's a pretty little swamp in the pics. Looks like my neck of the woods.
 
Great looking pup tony! :thumbup: :cool: :thumbup:


I love the filework on that unknown scandi! :p



As far as ID; the things hanging from the vines look to me to be parasitic woodsbums. :eek:





Big Mike
 
The salamander is an eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), the most abundant terrestrial land vertebrate in the northeast united states.

The only reason I know this is because of a biology professor I had 20 years or so ago who studies these critters and made each one of his students memorize the above information in order to pass. His field students had to dig cubic meter holes and catalog the things they found. They found LOTS of these salamanders.

I guess my education wasn't for naught.

Looks like you had a great time.
 
The mushroom you posted growing from the tree is L. Sulphureus (Chicken mushroom), a choice edible with no poisonous lookalikes, though it's recommended to only eat ones growing from oak. The dead giveaway is the bright orange upper surface of the shelves, the yellow edges, and the lack of gills.

The plant with the odd-shaped orange flowers and clearish stems is jewel weed, a relative of impatiens. The juice from the stems alleviates itching from poison ivy. The young shoots are edible after boiling in a change of water and the seeds are edible as is.

the weird pineappley looking brown thing is the seed head of a skunk cabbage.
 
Tony,
Lance Ockenden does that style filework, but the sheath is definitely not Lance's work. There was also a guy on e-bay from the UK, who does similar snake filework and I believe that is his work. sorry I could not locate him or remember the name.
be safe... Ted
 
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I'm not sure if you are asking about the green stuff on the pond but its an algea bloom. Ive read that this can be skimmed off and eaten or cooked into cakes. I havent tried it. A close relative of the blue green algea you see sold in health food stores. Apparently a lot of nutrients. Can be fed to domestic critters too. The jewel weed/touch-me-not is good for all kinds of skin ailment and has an antifungal agent that works on athletes foot and ringworm. Also very good if you get into stinging nettles or poison ivy. Stops the burn and itch right quick.It was one of the first plants my kids learned to recognize as we had a bunch of nettles around the house--KV
 
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Thanks guys. I didn't know what the wierd brain/pineapple thing was, but Ferrous Knight set me straight on that one. The Salamander was ID'd by PB Wilson, and my friend Ted there has me in the right direction on the knife which is my biggest concern.

Thanks Ted, I will search around for that guy on Ebay and see if I can figure it out.
The knife is pretty well made, some minor fit and finish issues but nothing realy bad. I am liking it. The Sheath ok, but who ever made it should learn to use a welt...
 
PB Wilson said:
The salamander is an eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), the most abundant terrestrial land vertebrate in the northeast united states.

The only reason I know this is because of a biology professor I had 20 years or so ago who studies these critters and made each one of his students memorize the above information in order to pass. His field students had to dig cubic meter holes and catalog the things they found. They found LOTS of these salamanders.

I guess my education wasn't for naught.

Looks like you had a great time.
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Thanks for that fun fact (and sharing your education)! I knew they were common, but I didn't realize there were so many of them....



Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
Pond looks like its covered in Lemna minor (duck weed) which float at the surface.

Somebody got the jewel weed already.

That vine you are climbing induces crotch rot. The bulbous thing on the ground was a rotten testicle probably from the last guy who climbed the vine....
 
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