For my blog project I decided to go to a place where my heart was stolen 6 years ago. This place is now known as Tumbling Creek Trails and Research Area. This place is located on the University of North Georgia campus in Gainesville, GA.

I attended this school for two years before transferring to Georgia State University. As a student there I took Ecology and Botany so I became well aware of the different areas within the Tumbling Creek Woods. The reason that I chose this place is because of how familiar I am with that area.
I enjoy this trail because of the diversity of plant species and the different landmarks. I will include a map of the trails. 

Within the trail there are wetlands, a very cool forest with large trees (I could not find it the day I went but I will go back with my dogs soon, also this is where my heart was stolen) and then an area with an invasive species known as Chinese Privet.
I invited my friend Vanessa to come with me (because I never go hiking alone). Prior to entering the trail, I told her my goal was to find mushrooms for my project.

Due to the recent weather I was not able to locate the fruiting bodies I was hoping for.

Finally, after one hour searching, we found tiny fruiting bodies on tree bark. Actually my friend had seen them earlier on the hike and I blew it off. The microbe I am choosing to study is a fungus known as Turkey tail. Cool name huh?
The fungus itself did not interest me at appearance but after doing research on it I became more intrigued. 

At the trail I found Turkey tail on live tree with and without lichen, on dead tree bark and even on the ground with moss.

I really wish I could have taken a photo of their under bellies but I am not that good of a photographer.

Hopefully you will like my photos as much as I did (: