There's a Fungus Among Us!
The Urban Naturalists found a variety of fungi species around the park! We were very intrigued by the different colors, sizes, shapes and patterns of the different species. We did notice that all the fungus was growing in dark, damp places and generally on dead trees and logs.
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| Check out this cool fungus we found on one of our trees! |
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| One Urban Naturalist takes a photo for her collection |
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| Whoa! Bright Pink Fungus! |
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| We had a few colors of the same shaped fungus. Could they be related? |
All About the Trees
We then explored the forest to check out some of the plants in the area. We found a variety of tree species and a few interesting plants we've never noticed before. Many of the Urban Naturalists took home some leaves to press in their nature journals. |
| Checking out this Hot Pink Pokeberry Plant! |
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| What a crazy plant! |
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| All of these leaves had holes in them! Who's eating our plants? |
Reptiles Leaving Traces
A very interesting find was a bunch of snake sheds on a tree stump! Snakes shed their skin in one giant piece when they are growing. The snakes were clearly using a tree stump to help scratch off their old skin - leaving behind their sheds. |
| One of our Urban Naturalists found some snake sheds! |
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| You can even see the eye hole on this one! |
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