First Walk ! June 8, 2023

Dear reader, I'm Mariloli, a 20-year-old Panama City resident. Our first task with Inaturalist for my ECOEVO summer course was to spend 30 minutes scouting the area for any fungus. Since the first site I intended to investigate was in and around my neighborhood, I have to admit that I knew before I started that this would be a difficult undertaking. I basically live in a neighborhood with a golf course nearby, lots of woodlands, and a variety of animals and flora, all of which I was certain I wanted to photograph. I was certain that I could locate several species to catalog. But as I continued to travel, I grew impatient since I had trouble spotting mushrooms. I questioned my parents about it, and they said that since there are a lot of pets and young children there, management usually removes fungus from the area. Moreover, for the golf course's aesthetics and the general state of the land. In any case, they presumably employ fungicides to manage them. On my first stroll, I was able to locate one fungus, but I still wanted to mention what I discovered for documenting sake. Although it was rather hot today, clouds did, as usual, start to form around 4 o'clock. I walked for about 40 minutes today and wanted to underline that I'll attempt again tomorrow to identify more species and fungus related to this week's material.

Posted on June 9, 2023 12:39 AM by marilolivaldes