Although it only emerged a few short days before, due to drought conditions, it was already drying out.
| Trunk Fun! October 2021 |
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| In autumn of 2014, the "three stumps" site on Hicks stopped producing sulfur polypores. |
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| However, another site along Hicks also produces spectacular polypores. |
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| Each autumn, a large sulfur polypore emerges from a cavity in this Live Oak's trunk. |
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| Any time from late September through October, the annual polypore emerges. |
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| These polypore are large and expressive and fun to discover and photograph. |
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Although it only emerged a few short days before, due to drought conditions, it was already drying out. |
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| This is a rugged area with the added attraction of a seasonal creek. |
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| I've been visiting this area for more than 10 years and this is the first time I've seen a dry creekbed. |
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| Once seasonal rains begin, this creek comes alive. Photo taken in 2005. |
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| This small area hosts a wide variety of wildlife, from invertibrates to mammals who use it as a corridor. |
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