Identificaciones de sofia_ocampo1

Roughly a half dozen nest openings could be seen throughout the grass covered area. The photos are from several of the nest entrances, and a major worker which had crawled into a test tube I was carrying was photographed through the tube.

Was growing on a medium-sized downed branch, off the side of a nature park. It is difficult to know exactly what ecosystem this was in since multiple ecosystems exist and overlap at this park, but I believe it was a hardwood swamp. There were no apparent gills, but the underside seemed more porous than the top. There were striations of different shades of brown on the top. The area that its branch resided in appeared to be an area with ground covered in detritus with very little underbrush.

I believe this to be a shelf fungus, but I was uncertain, so I did not label it as such.

World Mushroom Society:
https://worldmushroomsociety.com/polypore-mushrooms-guide/

Utah State University:
https://www.usu.edu/herbarium/education/fun-facts-about-fungi/shelf-fungi#:~:text=These%20fungi%20make%20shelves%20or,only%20a%20short%20lateral%20stem.

Visual Description:The organism is a type of fern, which is categorized in the phylum Pterophyta. Ferns are plants that do not have flowers. Ferns generally reproduce by producing spores. They are typically a pastel green colour. The branches cover about 5 feet in length on this particular tree.
Defining characteristics: Green fronds, sori on leaves.

Habitat: Fern are found in shaded, damp forests in temperate and tropical zones.