[obol] 'funny' common names

[Bruce]

Or that good old American Robin, Turdus migratorius.

Lars and Gail Norgren wrote:
>       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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