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The Ringless Honey Mushroom is distinguished by the golden-yellow to brown color with small dark brown hairs. The A. tabescens is common In NC and other Southeastern States. As a Saprophytism this mushroom breaks down and decomposes wood. Here this cluster was found on mulch(decomposing wood). As a decomposer the mushroom breaks down the lignin in wood by producing an enzyme in the house and release nutrients to the soil.
The Clematis are really spectacular this year. I guess they loved all that rain we had earlier! Nice and sunny now and going to get hot!
purple pitcher plants pictured next to a pond pine on the blumenthal widlife reserve on campus. Nutrient poor soil has forced these carnivorous plants to evolve to find another way to obtain nutrients. the sandy soil does not allow good nutrient retention for smaller plants leading to the wide variety of indigenous carnivorous plants in the Wilmington area, such as pitcher plants and Venus fly traps. evolution is one of the main driving ecological processes and the nutrient poor soil is one limiting factor to force evolution.