05 de octubre de 2021

Fungi Observation

The observation of fungi that I am going to look further into is the Silverleaf Fungus. This species of fungi is actually a fungal disease that affects a vast range of deciduous trees including primarily fruit trees but also trees such as willow, maple or oak (Zoeren, 2021). Silver leaf disease is observed both on older dying trees, as well as young and healthy trees. In my observation, I found this fungi on a stump of wood that looked old and decaying. It comes from the fungus Chondrostereum purpureum (Zoeren, 2021). This fungus lives in the xylem. The fungus releases a toxin and moves into the leaves of the tree separating the epidermis, eventually causing the wood to decay and the fungus starts producing conks (Zoeren, 2021).

Publicado el octubre 5, 2021 08:58 TARDE por elakanti elakanti | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

17 de septiembre de 2021

Lab 2

One unique adaptation for one of my observations is that Burdocks have hooked tips which are an adaptation for seed dispersal. Animals pass by the plant and the hooked tips grasp onto the animal's fur, eventually the burdocks fall off spreading the seed to new locations.

One adaptation that all the observations have in common is that they have waxy leaf cuticles, which are impermeable to water which then stops evaporation.

The phylogeny placement of the Greater Burdock, is Arctium lappa.

Publicado el septiembre 17, 2021 07:32 TARDE por elakanti elakanti | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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