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CVRD News: Watershed Awareness Days: Discover Where Your Water Comes From 🫗The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) invites the public to explore the Comox Lake Watershed during Watershed Awareness Days, taking place from May 26 to 30, 2026. This week-long event features guided walks, lakeside talks, presentations, and family-friendly activities. It’s a unique opportunity to experience the watershed firsthand and learn how it sustains the health and wellbeing of the entire Comox Valley community.
Read the full story here 👉 comoxvalleyrd.ca/connect/news/watershed-awareness-days-discover-where-your-water-comes
View all the FREE* events here:
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/connectedbywater
*Some events require registration
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Photos from Tsolum River Restoration Society's post
Andy MacKinnon on the story behind Fomitopsis Mounceae:
The Plant Native Grow Wild event is coming up soon. This is your chance to learn more about supporting wildlife in your area by growing native plants. Have a look at the beautiful native gardens around the MARS visitor centre, chat with knowledgeable experts and purchase some plants to help you become a habitat steward in your own backyard. We are looking forward to meeting you there.We're joining our fabulous community partners for a fun and educational day of learning how to support wildlife close to home with native plants and ecological practices. Local experts and environmental groups will have friendly advice to help you become a habitat steward in your own yard. Oh, and there'll be 35+ native plants species for sale for a variety of different growing conditions.📆 Saturday, May 30th 10 am - 2 pm
📍 1331 Williams Beach Rd. Merville
Our guests experts:
🌱 Comox Valley Nature
🌱 Gone to Seed Little Library
🌱 Vancouver Island Master Gardeners
🌱 Native Bee Society of BC
🌱 Comox Community Bat Program
⭐️ Some vendors cash-only
☑️ Bring your own flats
🚗 Limited parking: carpool if you can
❤️ MARS Visitor Centre and Gift shop open but no site tours
🛑 No dogs, please
❓️ email
Category Archives: Plants and fungi
Coral fungi
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 17. There are many coral fungi fruiting just now…this is a strangely beautiful group of fungi, often arising mysteriously from the forest duff. Amazing! Corals, often in the genera Ramaria or Clavulina, are characterized … Continue reading
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Cowichan native flora presentation and walk
Members of Comox Valley Nature (and others) may be interested in a native flora presentation and walk to be held in the Duncan area on October 29. This event will be led by Genevieve Singleton who is a friend of … Continue reading
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More notes on fungi and slime moulds
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 14. A few things: Here is a link from Mandy for an article in the Guardian that explains the importance of fungi. Alison has provided us with an excellent handout which … Continue reading
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Apricot jelly, anyone?
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 10. Here are some photos and notes from Alison M. about the lovely apricot jelly fungus. Alison’s notes I’d like to add these photos of Tremiscus helvelloides, which would I … Continue reading
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Weird random fungi (and a slime)
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 9. The fun of fungi is never knowing what will turn up from one year to the next…every year I seem to find fungi that are new to me. … Continue reading
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More lichens!
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 2. Sharon N. sent in these lovely lichen pics from Miracle Beach Park. [Click photo to enlarge.] I think this is one of the beard lichens (in the genus … Continue reading
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Rare lichen
Note by Alison M. to the Botany Group, distributed by Jocie on October 2. Sticta limbata This is a lichen Loys found on the aging fibreglass “window” on our garage, about 100 feet from the house. Amazing what is right … Continue reading
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Shrooms and slimes
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on September 26. Jan S. passed along these wacky looking chanterelles! Also, some close-up photos from Sharon N. of slime moulds from Nymph Falls. While looking for chanterelles last week I … Continue reading
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Amanitas (Alison’s fungi notes, part 2)
Contributed by Alison M. Click an image to enlarge it. Amanitas are amongst the most stunning, but toxic fungi. In general, most species in the Amanita genus are easily recognizable through the following features (see illustration 1): a cap with … Continue reading
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Alison’s fungi notes, part 1
Notes and photos provided to the Botany Group by Alison M. Click a photo to enlarge it. Part 1: Fungi with veins and folds As you will have noticed with the cooler wetter weather, fungi are starting to appear. Jocie … Continue reading
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