Walk through Webster Conservation Area, Monday October 3, 2022

I walked for about 50 minutes through the Webster Conservation Area, mostly in the Houghton portion. The weather was kind of chilly—it was in the low fifties and overcast. I found some lichens on a rock and dead tree branch early in my walk on the main trail, but it took me a while to find different kinds of fungi like mushrooms. I noticed that there were not many mushrooms until I branched off a bit and reached a stream. In the ground and trees by the stream I found almost all of my observations (I assume that many fungi require very wet environments to thrive). As I walked along this stream, I found all kinds of fungi that vary in shape, size, and color—there was a great amount of biodiversity of fungi even along this single stream. I noticed that fungi have evolved to live on all types of surfaces, whether they be living trees, dead branches, dry soil, wet soil, rocks, logs in the stream, etc. There seemed to be at least some species of fungi that has evolved to take advantage of every aspect of the environment. I also noticed that most of the fungi grew in large groups—there was rarely a single mushroom by itself.

Julkaistu lokakuu 4, 2022 08:22 IP. käyttäjältä brian2167