Fungi Species Found on Mt. Royal
The species we found were a combination of mushrooms and puffballs of fungi. Two of the mushroom species we found I believe are the same species called Weeping Widow and are thin, short, dark brown with lighter colors on top. This species is food to larvae of certain flies and they tend to form in small groups in dead leaves or dirt. The other mushroom we found, Genus Hemimycena, is a white and short and thin mushroom. Genus Hemimycena contains about 50 species and they are found quite widespread. The puffballs were found on wet spots of nature, a muddy floor, and moist bark. They are formed when the fruiting body of fungi is disturbed and so clouds of dust-like spores form instead, creating the puffballs.
