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Mt. Yakesugiyama(焼杉山)

On September the 24th 2016,I climbed Mt. Yakesugiyama(焼杉山)in Ohara(大原),Kyoto(京都). This mountain is the highest among three representative mountains in Ohara, Yakesugiyama,Suitaisan(翠黛山)and Konpirayama(金毘羅山). I climbed from Jakkoin temple(寂光院)and went down to Kochidani-Amidaji temple(古知谷阿弥陀寺). Due to the rain two days before, there were a lot of mushrooms and slime molds. Be aware there were a lot of poisonous mushrooms!

 

European White Ringless Amanita Amanita vaginata var. alba(シロツルタケ).

 

Guepinia spathularia(ツノマタタケ).

 

Coral Slime Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa(ツノホコリ).

 

Common Ink Cap Coprinus atramentarius(ヒトヨタケ).

 

Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum(ホコリタケ).

 

Thelephora japonica(イボタケ).

 

Lactarius uyedae(ヒメシロチチタケ) .I also found them when we had a trip in Togakushi Jinja shrine (Sorry it’s only in Japanese!).

 

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides(タマツノホコリ).

 

White Coral Ramariopsis kunzei(シロヒメホウキタケ).

 

Amanita castanopsidis(コシロオニタケ).

 

Clavicorona pyxidata(フサヒメホウキタケ).

 

Soft Slipper Crepidotus mollis(チャヒラタケ).

 

False Death Cap Amanita citrina var. grisea(クロタマゴテングタケ).

 

The Sickener Russula emetica(ドクベニタケ).

 

Mycena epipterygia(ナメアシタケ).

 

Cortinarius tenuipes(クリフウセンタケ).

 

Coprinus patouillardi(クズヒトヨタケ).

 

Stinking Earthfan Thelephora palmata(モミジタケ).

 

Galerina helvoliceps(ヒメアジロガサモドキ).

 

Lepiota pseudogranulosa(コナカラカサタケモドキ).

 

False Turkey Tail Stereum hirsutum(キウロコタケ).

 

Snow Morel Discina gigas(ホソヒダシャグマアミガサタケ).

 

This is the top of Mt. Yakesugiyama. The view was not so good.

 

Lilac Bonnet Mycena pura(サクラタケ).

 

Red-Belt Conk Fomitopsis pinicola(ツガサルノコシカケ).

 

The Kitayama mountains(北山)of Kyoto.

 

Crucibulum laeve(ツネノチャダイゴケ).

 

I came down to the entrance of the trail for Mt. Yakesugiyama. It is in the precinct of Kochidani-Amidaji.

 

 

 

There is remaining from old days.

 

Here is the entrance of Kochidani-Amidaji.

 

The big Japanese Maple Acer palmatum(イロハモミジ).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The site was nice and quiet, compared to the places full of visitors. Kochidani-Amidaji was founded by a holy priest Tanzei(弾誓上人)in 1609. It worships Amitābha(阿弥陀如来),and maintains a close relationships with Japanese imperial family. Amitābha is one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas (other four are mahāvairocana(大日如来,the universe, Akobhya(阿閦如来, undeniable, ratnasambhava(宝生如来,everything is equal, amoghasiddhi(不空成就如来,persist nothing and do its duty).  It is characterized by infinite light,or immortality and rules sukhāvatī(極楽)in the West. It appears in Sukhāvatī-vyūhas(無量寿経、阿弥陀経), Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra(法華経) and so on.

 

For other plants identified; Japanese Cedar Cryptomeria japonica(スギ), Hinoki Cypress Chamaecyparis obtusa(ヒノキ),Japanese Red Pine Pinus densiflora(アカマツ),Japanese Yew Taxus cuspidata(イチイ),Japanese Plum-Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia(イヌガヤ),She-Oak Casuarina cunninghamiana(カンニンガムモクマオウ),Ring-Cup Oak Quercus glauca(アラカシ),Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima(クヌギ),Cheinse Cork Oak Quercus variabilis(アベマキ),Japanese Chestnut Castanea crenata(クリ),Japanese Cleyera Cleyera japonica(サカキ),Eurya Eurya japonica(ヒサカキ),Fatsi Fatsia japonica(ヤツデ),Citrus tachibana(タチバナ),Persimmon Diospyros kaki(カキノキ),Loquat Eriobotrya japonica(ビワ),Camellia Camellia japonica(ヤブツバキ),Spotted Laurel Aucuba japonica(アオキ),Japanese Holly Ilex crenata(イヌツゲ),Chinese Holly Osmanthus heterophyllus(ヒイラギ),Chinese Hackberry Celtis sinensisvar. japonica(エノキ),Japanese Horse Chestnut Aesculus turbinata(トチノキ),Japanese Andromeda Pieris japonica(アセビ),Persian Silk Tree Albizia julibrissin(ネムノキ),Red Spider Lily Lycoris radiata(ヒガンバナ). For other mushrooms; Turkey Tail Trametes versicolor(カワラタケ),Oxyporus ravidus(ザイモクタケ),Antrodiella gypsea(シックイタケ).For Lichenes, Common Green Shield Lichen Parmelia tinctorum(ウメノキゴケ),Map Lichen Rhizocarpon sp. (チズゴケ),Xanthoria manchurica(アカサビゴケ),For slime molds; Fuligo candida(シロススホコリ).For invertebrates; Joro Spider Nephila clavata(ジョロウグモ),Cabbage Butterfly Pieris rapae(モンシロチョウ),For amphibians; Montane Brown Frog Rana ornativentris(ヤマアカガエル).For birds, Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos(ハシブトガラス),Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius(カケス),Brown-Eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis(ヒヨドリ),Great Spotted Woodpecker Picoides major(アカゲラ),Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides kizuki(コゲラ),Bull-Headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus(モズ),Coal Tit Parus ater(ヒガラ),Varied Tit Parus varius(ヤマガラ),Great Tit Parus major(シジュウカラ). For mammals, Sika Deer Cervus nippon(ニホンジカ).

 

By the way, on August the 16th,I saw “Gozan no Okuribi”, a ceremony of fire for the last part of Obon in Kyoto, during which deads temporally come back to the living world. The lit is fired on five mountains surrounding Kyoto at the night. Unfortunately it was rainy this year, but I was able to saw the lit on Funagata (舟形,a shape of boat) mountain from the front of my house. This is the photo I took.