humzar's Journal

I walked around Houghton Garden today and saw some pretty zesty organisms living there. I went in the afternoon when it was still sunny and the temperature was a chilly 53°C. My initial plan was to find the first edible truffle species in New England so that I could spice up the pasta I have in my fridge, but I was unsuccessful. Instead, I found a wide variety of fungi on damp branches or stumps. Some of they were really moldy, others were hard and smelly. On another note, I did find some spores growing on a branch! They were light yellow and tiny and somehow I dropped them all over my sweatpants :/. For the most part, it was good visit to the garden and I found a variety of fungi.

Today, I went to Hammond Pond and the surrounding trail to see if I could spot some fascinating plants. Not going to lie, but I was quite unsuccessful in finding anything interesting. First of all, there were too many boulders around and so I kept getting distracted by climbing them and second of all, I didn't manage to see anything that really popped out. However, I do have some other plants to show from my trip to Houghton Park. I went one week before in the afternoon when it was chilly 53 C°. Surprisingly, I found so many types of berries when I was walking around. I had a really bad urge to eat them, but I think most of them were poisonous. I saw some other flowers and weeds that were colorful and took some pics of those as well. One more thing, I know it's off topic, but I found a ton of fungi today as well! So, I've posted those on this journal just for fun.