Morel Mushroom Outside the Nature Center- April 23, 2008

It’s mushroom season!!

Tulip Popular leaf decomposing- October 28, 2007

IMG_1922, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

I wonder why tulip popular leafs decompose at a faster rate than other leafs like oaks?

Yellow Morel

Yellow Morel, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

Great tasting forest treat!

Dryad’s Saddle - May 1, 2007

April 28th the buding mushrooms looked like this:

On April 30 they looked like this:

Here’s what they look like on May 1st:

Decaying Tree Trunk near fen

Decaying Tree Trunk near fen

Originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

I wonder what causes the different colors in this decaying tree? Is it different kinds of fungus?

Morrel - April 28, 2007

Morrel

Originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

Winter Color - December 2006

Moss on Trunk of TreeOriginally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.There’s always something interesting happening out in woods. Although I’d really like some snow

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Green Mushroom on Massasauga trail

Here is a sassafras twig.  The band on the left is a terminal scar that indicates where the end of the branch was last year.  You can measure how much growth there has been on branches from these points.

This is a hackberry tree.  This is an easy bark identify by its extremely bumpy bark.  Some call hackberry trees back scratcher trees.

Here is some red osier dogwoods.  If you see these you know you are near wetland soil.

Here are the stocks of black raspberries.  I love the chaulky white film that develops.  It’s interesting to me that these plants make an arch with roots on both ends.

Moss growing on an old stump. There’s so much going on here it’s like its own planet.

Shelf Mushrooms on an a stump

Mushroom - May 16, 2006

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Originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.

This mushroom is in abundance along the bog jog.

Smelly Mushroom
This mushroom smells like anise/licorise. I haven’t been able to identify yet.