Pictures of Aconitum jaluense var. triphyllum, or as we know it, Aconitum triphyllum

Beautiful by any name this is flowering in several place in the Japanese Woodland. From the bottom picture you see that Barry Yinger collected it in South Korea in 1984 and we're maintaining it. Amateur Bot-ann-ist posted a wonderful picture of Aconitum this past week. Her photos are always impeccably composed and perfectly executed. I seem to get some pleasure from combining admiration and jealousy every time I view her posts.

The wet humid weather here at the Arboretum has made for a lot of good fungal fruiting

The Boletus type mushrooms were on the slope of Korean Hill, the Earth Stars, in the Stroll Garden of the Bonsai Museum. George did tell us that in Gotelli they frequently see the Earth Stars.