The Pitcher Plant is a carnivore. It leaves are designed to curl and fuse together to retain water. Passing insects that happen to fall into the liquid have a difficult time getting out of the liquid due to the specially designed bristled upper surface of the leaf and the slippery , smooth sides further down. The captured insect eventually drowns in the liquid and enzymes break it down to a usable food supply for the plant.
The plants were just beginning to bud out and mosses were becoming bright green at the time of my visit.
On the Hemlock Hollow Trail, the darkness and shade favoured the various fungal growths with their own collections of shapes, colours and growth patterns
Likely a variant of Orange Polypore (Pyncoporus cinnabarinus)
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