shenby2001's Journal

I went on my second nature walk today. I walked around Hammond Pond Reservation and Houghton Garden. It was windy and cold, suggesting that autumn is finally here. Today I focused on looking for fungus. At first I was a little disappointed because I only saw lichens. But when my natural walk was coming to an end, I found many different types of mushrooms. Actually these fungus, no matter they are lichens or mushrooms, are all living in similar environments. They all are living on either trunks or rocks. However, usually I could only find one type of fungi in a certain area. I can tell the influence of founder effect here. Once a certain type of fungi came to live here. It took over the place and spread its offsprings all over the place. But anyway, today's nature walk is very fun and successful. I can't wait for my next nature walk.

I walked around the Pine Tree Preserve inside Boston College for about 30 minutes today. It was cloudy, a little windy and cold. But thanks to the wind, I could hear acorns dropping on the ground from time to time, which was interesting. I discovered several dozens of different types of insects, fungi and plants. This place is not quite big, but yet very diverse. There are so many different habitats and species. Insects are living on pine trunks. Lichens and mosses are living on rocks. And I could hear birds making noises from time to time. This is only my first natural walk but I absolutely enjoyed it a lot.