Nature Walk #2

I went to the res again for my second nature walk. At first, I didn't expect to find any funguses because I haven't seen in actual mushroom in nature in years. I then realized that I could take notes of lichens which is why the majority of my posts are lichens. They were really easy to find because they were mostly on the trees. I did actually end up finding a mushroom, since I wanted to find at least one, though it solely took me 20 minutes and my phone was at 2 percent. I actually had no idea what the gray stuff on trunks was but now I know it's a separate organism. In class we are talking a lot about funguses. I noticed that the lichen on the trees had a commensalism relationship with the trees since the tree isn't harmed by its presence. Funguses breakdown dead organisms so i am hypothesizing that something died near where i found the mushroom. It was right by the road so that makes sense. Lichen can grow on any surface as long as they can get nutrients through water and stuff. That is why i found some lichen on concrete. The mushroom on the other hand must absorb nutrients from the environment. To do this, we learned, they maximize surface area into the nutrient source through very small tubes. This allows them to absorb it as fast as possible.

Publicado el 10 de octubre de 2024 a las 02:04 AM por muellep