Nature Walk 2 in Pine Tree Preserve

Today the weather was a little cool(around 57 degrees Fahrenheit), cloudy, and drizzling. I saw a lot more animals compared to last time I was there including some squirrels, a chipmunk, a bird, and even a slug. Most of the fungi I saw was growing on tree stumps even though I did find some mushrooms as well. In class we learned that the rise of fungi can be dated back to the Paleozoic Era, about 440 million years ago. While microbes have diverse functions like oxygen production and nutrient cycling, I think that these fungi I observed were mostly decomposers because they were attached to tree trunks.

Publicado el octubre 5, 2022 05:34 TARDE por repolec