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   Agathosma glabrata   
Agathosma glabrata
 
Attractive, single-stemmed shrub with a round and dense habit and is bright and colourful when in flower.
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Simply Deliciosus
05-07-2010 22:05
Lactarius deliciosus

The appearance of this gill-fungus of the pinewoods is against it, although it is a good edible one and very common. Its general colouring when young is vivid carrot to orange or orange-brick, and to this it often adds in aging a rather daunting verdigris green. Old plants may even become entirely green. When handled or bruised it turns the same green colour, but these green stains need not put you off if the plant seems reasonably young and fresh.
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Aeollanthus parvifolius
Aeollanthus parvifolius
 
Dombeya burgessiae
Dombeya burgessiae
 
Amaryllis belladonna
Amaryllis belladonna
 
Cunonia capensis
Cunonia capensis
 
Crassula coccinea
Crassula coccinea
 
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Try these hikes in the WESTERN CAPE...
 
Tranquillity Cracks Strenuous    Some mild rock scrambling 
Tranquillity Cracks
Where: Table mountain, Camps Bay
Duration: 3 - 5 hrs
Tartarus Cave Tiring    No exposure to heights 
Where: Boyes Drive, Cape Town
Duration: 3.5 hrs
Sedgefield Country Walk An easy stroll    No exposure to heights 
Where: Sedgefield
Duration: 3.5 hrs
Harkerville Hiking Trail Strenuous    Very exposed (not for people with even a mild fear of heights) 
Harkerville Hiking Trail
Where: Between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay
Duration: 2 days
 
  Hike of the week  
  Cederberg Tafelberg The Spout  
  Province: WESTERN CAPE  
  Duration: 5 days  
  Strenuous    Moderately exposed (not for people with serious fear of heights)  
Cederberg Tafelberg The Spout
Photograph by: Bossiedokter
 
  Mushroom of the week  
 
Ramaria stricta
  Photo submitted: (12 July 2010)  
 
Ramaria stricta
Inedible Inedible
Size: 50 - 150 mm
Habitat: Grows in woods
Spore bearing: other Other
he fruit-bodies of this fungus consist of many upright off-white stalks, branching towards the tip, and growing together in tufts.
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  Some other inedible mushrooms...  
Pisolithus Arhizus
Pisolithus Arhizus
 
Mycena viscidocruenta
Mycena viscidocruenta
 
Russula Sardonia
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Chondostereum purpureum
Chondostereum purpureum
 
Gymnopilus Hybridus
Gymnopilus Hybridus
 
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