Tag: fungus
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Is that lichen killing those trees?
Today’s post comes from Cara Freitag, a past Park Naturalist at Neys Provincial Park. There are many misconceptions about nature: climb a tree to escape bears, moose are friendly, coolers are strong enough to prevent bears getting your food. Before I became a naturalist, I thought that all insects were bugs, not just the Hemiptera…
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A virtual fungus foray
Today’s post comes from Mark Read, our Discovery leader at Murphys Point Provincial Park. This blog is not going to be an identification guide; nor is it going to be packed full of mind-blowing facts. Instead, it is more of a celebration of the fungal diversity found in Ontario. I hope that along the way…