This close-up of a common white mushroom showcases its gills, where hymenium produces spores, the mushroom’s unit of reproduction. The average mushroom can produce millions of spores.
Katie Conner
Alumna Clair Scott looks up at one of the many dilapidated fireplaces that can be seen along Jake’s Creek Trail in Gatlinburg. The fireplaces are left behind from the homes of vacationers and loggers who bought the land from the Little River Lumber Company, who logged the area in the 1900s. Katie ConnerA common blue-tailed, five-lined skink rests while fulfilling his daily responsibilities to survive for the day. Kate Conner
