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December 2011
Natural History Mystery
  Although these two shelf fungi look very similar, do you know which one grows exclusively on a single evergreen tree species?
Scroll to the bottom of the newsletter to check your answer.
| Nature Crafts for the Holidays |
Have fun creating holiday ornaments from natural materials
Slow down, get crafty, and enjoy creating holiday ornaments from nature.
 Holiday Nature Crafts Open House at Broad Meadow Brook
Saturday, December 10 1-4pm View our tree decorated with wonderful ornaments handcrafted from natural materials and then join us to make your own. Volunteers will guide you through the process or you cna create your own design. Enjoy holiday goodies and music, too. For fees and more information, visit our website.
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Felted Birds created by instructor, Trish Miller |
Ornaments Made Easy at Wachusett Meadow
Saturday, December 10 10am-12noon Create two wool-covered ornaments using dry felting techniques and a felting needle. All welcome, ages 8 and above. For more information and fees, please visit our website.
Wachusett Meadow Yarn Makes a Great Winter GiftFind the perfect gift for your favorite naturalist at our nature gift shops.  Both the Broad Meadow Brook and Wachusett Meadow gift shops offer a variety of unique, nature-related gifts: *field guides and children's books *children's toys and stuffed animals *reuseable sandwich bags  Special Offer
Get 10% off your entire gift shop purchase now through December 24th.
Code Word: CARDINAL
Mention "cardinal" at check out to receive the discount.
This is in addition to the 10% discount Mass Audubon members already receive on all purchases!
| 2012 Nature Calendars for Sale |
2012 Wachusett Meadow / Princeton Arts Society Calendar on Sale Now!
Featuring the work of 29 local artists and 13 pieces of frameable art. Proceeds benefit Wachusett Meadow and the Princeton Arts Society. More information
 2012 Broad Meadow Brook Nature Calendar on Sale December 15! Featuring scenes from Broad Meadow Brook's 400-acre wildlife sanctuary in all seasons. Get one for yourself. Give one as a special gift. Your purchases support the work of our wildlife sanctuaries!
| Natural History Mystery - Solved |
Which fungus grows exclusively on a single evergreen species?
If you chose the fungi on the left, you're correct.The Hemlock Varnish Shelf fungus,Ganoderma tsugae, grows only on Eastern Hemlock, one of our most common forest evergreen trees. It is redder than the Ling Chi, Ganoderma lucidum, a relative which grows only on deciduous trees, mostly sugar maples and is more yellow orange than red.
Both are relatives of those big shelf brackets, the Artist's Fungus, Ganoderma applanatum. You can learn more about evergreen trees (and what grows on them!) at this month's Twelve Essential Species program: Spruce, Fir, and Pine: Evergreen Trees with Joe Choiniere, December 15 and 17. Photos courtesy of Donna Nothe-Choiniere
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