23 November 2024
Now that the leaves have fallen fruits and seeds are outstanding within the panorama.
Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) bushes have prolific fruit this fall however nothing eats the “monkey balls” so they simply lay on the bottom to rot. For those who crack one open it has sticky latex inside. Who would eat this fruit? The reply is within the video on the finish!
The fruiting physique of a shaggy mane mushroom (Coprinus comatus) poked up among the many leaf litter close to 5 Factors at Moraine State Park.
Crimson fruits of oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) are a favourite meals of migrating American robin, protected by a tough yellow-orange pores and skin that pops off in sections. It appears like a squirrel gnawed off this department and misplaced his meal.
Late boneset has gone to seed in Schenley Park.
Only a few bushes nonetheless have leaves. I discovered this colourful sweetgum alongside a sidewalk at CMU. Somebody ripped a chunk off the yellow leaf.
BONUS! Who eats monkey balls?
