Podaxis pistillaris

Also known as the Desert Shaggy Mane, Podaxis pistillaris is found in dry areas after a rain event. I found these at Lapakahi State Historical Park today. Lapakahi has an average annual rainfall of 9", so I would say it is a dry area! This is the 2nd time I have seen these mushrooms here & the only mushrooms I have ever seen at Lapakahi.

There are 3 of them along edge of road.

While at Lapakahi I also saw a barge passing by; it was going to Kawaihae. I know I must have seen them before, but I don't really recall it happening. The Young Brothers barges start out in Honolulu where the barge leaves on Thursday morning & arrives in Kawaihae on Friday. That's how my car got here. (There is no barge direct from Maui to Hawaiʻi Island.)

There was a very insistent Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata) at the park this morning. It kept attacking its reflection in the mirrors of several cars in the parking lot.

When I stopped for ice cream at Our Founding Farmers, I discovered Mark has a new flavor; its starfruit. He said he finally found the right balance to get the flavor of the starfruit to come through. He has also improved on the flavor of the lilikoi ice cream; I ended up with a mix of starfruit & lilikoi today.

In the evening, as I was leaving to go to an event (that I did not know was canceled), I saw a feral pig in the pasture behind Jessie's back yard. I tried to get Moʻo to focus on it & run to the back to scare it off. But she kept thinking I was wanting her to get her toy. I need to figure out how to train her to look where I am pointing.

The start of the next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea is still predicted to be between the 28th & the 1st.

 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Bill & Yvonne!