[obol] 'funny' common names

[Lars and Gail Norgren]

      Common names are common names-"vulgaris" in
Latin.Hence the Latinate binomial of our beloved
Starling(Sturnus vulgaris). There is a common
forest puffball, quite edible and easily identifiable,
of the genus Lycoperdon. Translation?"Wolf fart".
Lars Norgren
On Jan 29, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Moore, Randy wrote:

> And then there's my favorite from the world of fish, the Pimpled 
> Lumpsucker.  Seriously.
>  
>  
> randy
> corvallis
> From: Kyle Spinks [mailto:kspinks at thprd.com]
> Sent: Mon 1/29/2007 9:19 AM
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
> Subject: [obol] 'funny' common names
>
>
> Hi all,
> In the spirit of the conversation about the double-entendre common 
> bird names, here's a few common names of lichens of the Northwest.  I 
> swear that a bunch of drunk lichenologists sat around the campfire one 
> evening and made these up!
>
> Sea tar
> Bark barnacle
> Seaside kidney
> Punctured rock-tripe
> Peppered moon
> Lettuce lung
> Frog pelt
> Freckle pelt
> Pimpled kidney
> Forking bone
> Laundered rag
> Antlered perfume
> Devil's matchstick
> Waterworm
> Coastal reindeer
> Common Christmas-tree
> Blood spattered beard
> Common witch's hair
>
> and my favorite:
> Questionable rock-frog
>
> (These are all from the Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Pojar 
> and MacKinnon)
>
> Kyle Spinks
>
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