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Salmon-Eggs or Trichia decipiens is a fungi which is often found in humid woods on the trunks of rotting conifers. It belongs to the family of Trichiaceae, order of Trichiales, class of Myxomycetes, and the phylum of Mycetoza which is more commonly known as slime mold. During the warmer months of the year this fungi lives as cells with a single nuclei and when the humidity level is high enough they display a flagellate form which allows them to swim. However during more hostile seasons they “get married” and form an amaebozygote which causes the respective “parents” nuclei to divide and the cellular body of the amaebozygote begins to grow which results in an organism with potentionally hundreds of

Rheum-rhabarbarum more commonly known as Garden Rhubarb is a fleshy stalk like vegetation purple in color with large green leaves. It belongs to and is one of the most recent common ancestors of the Rheum genus, a taxon group which consists of perennial plants with large leaves somewhat triangular. During the duration of my BioBlitz lab I chose to observe angiosperms, and one adaptation that all my species have in common is the presence of vascular tissue (xylem and phloem). This is because they are not situated in an aquatic environment and therefore must transfer water and nutrients throughout the plant. Of the plants I observed, the Solomon’s Plume appeared to have a unique adaptation which was present in the form of berries. This is most likely due to the fact that it does not have petals and therefore in order to reproduce in other locations, the fruit must be eaten by an animal and then excreted thus causing the growth of a new plant from its ingested seed in a new location.