What is it Wednesday archive: sometime in 2017

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
sometime in 2017. 

 

And the answer is....

JACK O' LANTERN MUSHROOMS

This is a close up of Jack O'Lantern mushrooms. 

Jack O’Lantern fungus is often found in clusters on decaying stumps, 
buried roots or at the base of hardwood trees. 

Sometimes they resembles the edible chanterelle mushroom, but Jack O’Lanterns are poisonous – don’t eat them! 

Jack O'Lanterns are one of a handful of mushrooms in Pennsylvania which are bioluminescent: when they are fresh, the gills on the underside of the Jack O’Lantern mushroom may emit a slight greenish glow.

Their bright orange color and occasional eerie glow make this a great Halloween find in nature! 

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