EXHIBIT 25
When most people envision a fungus, they think of bread mold or mushrooms. In fact, diversity among the fungi is much more dramatic than molds and 'shrooms. In fact, fungi are much more closely related to animals than to plants! Certain animal groups share critical structural molecules with fungi, and all fungi, like all animals, are hetertorophic...they consume other organisms to survive.
You've had a chance to learn about some local mushrooms and lichens from the posters; check out the photos and infographics below to see other local fungi that are part of the Biodiversity Trail photo collection. Plus, Exhibits 26 and 27 will provide you with another lens for looking at the ecologival roles and body structures of fungi.
Use the left and right arrows to see variuos fungi from our photo collection.
Bark Rash Lichen / Garrett Jones / CF Wilton Simpson Citrus Campus / February 2024
Cinnabar Bracket / Logan Donnelly / Whispering Pines Park / December 2023
Conifer Mazegill / Bell Chen / CF Wilton Simpson Citrus Campus / September 2024
Crowded Parchment / Lilyan Bradshaw / Hernando / February 2024
Evans' Deer Moss / S.C. Schenk / Citrus Springs / October 2025
Honeycomb Fungus / Rory Wells / Rainbow Springs / June 2025
Old Gray Ruffles / Tanner Provost / CF Wilton Simpson Citrus Campus / April 2023
Rose Black Spot / Garrett Jones / CF Wilton Simpson Citrus Campus / April 2024
Slippery Jill / Aleena Qaasim / Whispering Pines Park / September 2024
Southern Jack-o'-Lantern / Shannon Lee / Homosassa / October 2025
Directions to Exhibit 26
Look to your left while facing Exhibit 24. Further down the sidewalk you will see Exhibit 26 on the sign at the corner.