Enjoy our 2022 LATO Highlights!

Enjoy our 2022 LATO Highlights!

We’re so grateful to the network of volunteers, donors and partners who make LATO possible. We’ve had a productive year and look forward to more great adventures connecting kids, nature and land in 2023. LATO 2022 Highlights by The Land Conservancy of SLO...
Rain soaked trail full of fungi

Rain soaked trail full of fungi

Yesterday’s nest box field work provided a great opportunity to find cool fungi popping up along the rain soaked Vineyard Elementary School Nature Trail. This might be a hairy curtain crust, also known as false turkey tail. The scientific name is Stereum...
Witch’s Butter anyone?

Witch’s Butter anyone?

Witch’s Butter on fallen oak branch at the Pismo Preserve, November 2022 Abundant rainfall means that it’s a great time to look for fungi on your next hike. Look for this colorful jelly fungus on fallen logs and stumps. Fungi are decomposers, breaking down...
LATO Nature Docents Needed

LATO Nature Docents Needed

Time for a Fiesta?

Time for a Fiesta?

December might be the perfect time for holiday fiestas, but it’s usually not the right time for blooming fiestas! We recently spotted fiesta flowers (Pholistoma auritum) along our private LATO nature trail at the Pismo Preserve. These native plants typically don’t...