Week 5

Journal for Week 5:

Mycology in Ravenna Park : In Class and For the Nature Blog

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cmmaylor

 Above are some of the pictures I managed to not accidentally delete from my camera this week while in Ravenna Park.  Below are the sketches I made of the rest of the fungi species I observed while in my Nature spot in Ravenna. 

Unidentified Fungi: The orange one above was found further from the creek, growing in the soil around some of the smaller bushes.

Mycena: A fungi species that is very common in Ravenna Park.  It grows on the ground and whenever I've seen it, it's always been in pretty wet areas.  In my nature spot they grow near the trees that are near the creek.  

Unidentified Fungi:  This fat, flowery looking mushroom was found growing in the soil.  It was very distinctly gilled on the underside, and was damp from the rain on top, but had a slick texture.  It was a pretty sturdy head of the mushroom and a less so sturdy stem. 

Turkey Tail:  Found growing on a broken off branch of a tree aka grows specifically on wood.  This fungi is pretty tough and hard.  When I went to pick one of the heads of the mushroom off the wood, it took some effort to complete.  The bottom is very white around the edges, has rings along the top of the mushroom, and seems to be not too young of a mushroom. Different coloring in the middle compared to the edge of the bottom. 

White (unidentified) Mushroom: This flowery looking mushroom was found growing in the soil, and was surrounded by moss and fallen leaves as you can see above.

Lichen:  Found growing on a douglas fir in my natural area.  Possibly Rag Lichen. Identified on iNat.

Cassie Maylor