Matthew's observation journal entry Lab 5

The fungi Hebeloma crustuliniforme, or more commonly known as the poison pie, is a moderately poisonous fungi which produces a fruiting body that contains small mounts of hemolysin. Illness from consuming and ingestion of the fungi have been proven in very few reports and furthermore, observed levels of intoxication in rabbits or open-frog hearts are considerably negligible. Aside from its most famous adaptation of secreting poison, the poison pie fungi often forms close associations (mycorrhizal) with conifers and has been documented to aid in the transfer of nitrogen into its host plant after it has been fixed from the atmosphere by other bacteria. This species often occurs in the late summer to fall which is when temperatures become cooler in the North American region.

Posted on October 11, 2021 11:16 PM by matthewmichelberger