Website Updates

A listing of recent changes made to the website, for those interested in new species pages that go up, corrections to the old pages, and new pictures that are added.

20 January 2025
Added a new page for the fungus Silky Parchment, and made connections and corrections in the pages of its relatives, Crowded Parchment and False Turkey Tails.

16 January 2025
Added a photograph to the page for Cracked Cap Polypore (a fungus) and added comments on its taxonomy.

8 January 2025
Corrected the page for Pink Slime slime mold.  This was identified as the species Dictydiaethelium plumbeum, but is more likely the similar species Tubifera magna.

13 March 2023
Updated the News Page on how the flowers were faring before the storm.

7 March 2023
Restarted the News Page.  No current events that I know of are planned, but reports are coming in of early blooming flowers.  Check it out.

19 April 2022
Added pictures on the pages for Bloodroot a wildflower, for Mossy Maze Polypore (a fungus) and for Scarlet Cup (another fungus). 

22 March 2022
Added a new page for Eastern Garter Snake, and added a link for this species to the Herp list.  Also corrected the name of the Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula), which had been misspelled, and updated the scientifc name of Queen Snake, which has been changed (Natrix septemvitta to Regina septemvitta).

17 March 2022
Added a new page for Fragile White Carpet Moth, and added this species to the Butterfly list.

15 March 2022
Added a new picture to the page for Coltsfoot  (a wildflower).  Added new picures to page for Carolina Vetch (another wildflower). 

3 March 2022
Added a new picture to the page for the Cabbage White  (a butterfly).  Added a new page for Emerald Ash Borer (an invasive beetle and killer of ash trees).  Added the Emerald Ash Borer to the Other Insects and Spiders page.

2 March 2022
Added a new picture to the page for the Canadian Snakeroot  (a wildflower) and added several new pictures to the page for Black Haw (a shrub).

28 February 2022
Added a new picture to the page for the Arrowhead Spider.  Added a new page for the Bowl and Doily Weaver, (another spider), and added it to the spider list on the Other Insects and Spiders page.

24 February 2022
Revised the page for Prairie Ragwort, (a wildflower), giving it a new name, Appalachian Ragwort, adding some new pictures, and including a disscusion of the current controversy of the relationship of our plants to other ragworts.





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