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    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Glacier National Park
    A butterfly rests on a pencil that a citizen scientist is using to record butterfly species.

    During the summer of 2017, the CCRLC hosted two BioBlitz events: the Waterton-Glacier Mushroom BioBlitz and the Waterton-Glacier Butterfly BioBlitz. Nearly 150 participants joined in helping resource managers gather data on the diverse array of fungus and butterfly species found in Glacier National Park.

  • Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

    A New Species of Fungus Discovered at World's End

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
    small, brown-and-white fungus

    A glimpse at the newly discovered species of fungus quietly thriving on a peninsula of the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park & perspective from the park fungi junkie who studies it.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Antietam National Battlefield, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park,
    A brown mushroom-shaped fungus emerges from a log and is surrounded by green leafy plants.

    Dryad's saddle is a large and unique fungi species that can be found across the National Capital Region. Learn more about where they can be found and how to recognize them.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Great Basin National Park
    A female  Bothropolys permundus centipede

    The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 18, No. 2, Winter 2018

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Great Basin National Park

    The next time you go for a hike, take a closer look at the trees. You may notice that from almost any vantage point, you can find all stages of growth and decay. You may not see any mushrooms unless there has been a recent rainy period, but the growing fungi that produce them are all around you. Without them, the forest would look quite different.

    • Type: Article

    Regular newsletter of the Southeast Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network

  • Acadia National Park

    Lichen at Acadia National Park

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Acadia National Park
    Bright red and green british soldier lichen on log

    Acadia National Park has an astonishing diversity of lichen life. Multiple organisms living together form unique structures to survive in challenging conditions.

    • Type: Article

    This page pertains to the public health aspects of coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Acadia National Park, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park,
    • Offices: Inventory and Monitoring Division
    Puffball emitting spores.

    Puffballl mushrooms offer many joys - from stomping on them as children to eating them fried with butter. Learn more about this natural history of this fascinating fungi.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Acadia National Park, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site,
    • Offices: Inventory and Monitoring Division
    A white oak branch with acorns

    Oaks appear so often in the story of humanity that it could scarcely have been written without them. Learn more about this amazing trees species and how it has shaped cultures across the world.

Last updated: August 10, 2023