4.3.26 Little Red Schoolhouse, Willow Springs, IL

 


Crayfish under a UV light

Tiger Salamander ambasador animal

Little Red Schoolhouse has one of each of the three salamanders found in the park, each for educational purposes. the tiger salamander is by far the largest.

False Turkey-tail

Lots of it

This fungus is everywhere in the park

Artist Bracket

An excellent example of a gravity-sensing polypore. This mushroom was originally growing horizontally when the log was a tree, but when the tree fell the pores were facing sideways, making for bad spore dispersal. one of the sides stopped growing while the other split and essentially became a separate mushroom.

Puffballs

Exposed puffball mycelium

Dark Fishing Spider under a UV light

American Bullfrog

River foam

Organic masses


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