Monday, November 23, 2020

What is it Wednesday archive: November 27, 2019



Can you identify what's in this photo?


Each Wednesday morning 
on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page
 the Lutherlyn Environmental Education Program posts a photo. 


Readers have all morning and afternoon 
to make their best guess about what the photo is. 

Around 6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.


Each week's What is it Wednesday post 
will also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 
 after it is posted on Facebook,
sometimes with additional bonus information. 

In addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday 
on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 
we will be reposting old editions,
creating a What is it Wednesday archive. 

This photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on
November 27, 2019. 

 And the answer is....





This colorful fungus is Trametes versicolor, also known as turkey tail. 

Turkey tail is a polypore bracket fungus that usually grows in layers. It feeds on decaying matter, so is often found on dead logs, as this one was. 



It grows not just in North America but across Europe and Asia as well. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in many places. 


Happy Thanksgiving everyone, we at LEEP are thankful for all of YOU! 


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