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Up to six proposals of Cabeceiras, in your own order, to do it at home, in company or on a break.

2 de 6 propostas escolhidas · faça-as ao seu ritmo.

PROPOSTA 1 DE 2 · A world beneath the leaves

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General ecology · decomposition

A fallen leaf still has a journey ahead

A fallen leaf can become food for decomposer fungi. They absorb nutrients from dead organic matter and help recycle it. The material matters: some fungi are associated with leaves, wood or humus. Decomposition describes a feeding relationship; the shape of a cap alone does not explain that way of life. Protecting this underground life also involves how soil is treated. In the Gulbenkian Garden interview, Susana Gonçalves explains that excessive soil disturbance and compaction can damage mycelial networks. This is general conservation guidance, not an assessment of any particular piece of land in the municipality. Names offer clues to the growing surface too: foliicolous fungi grow on fallen leaves, lignicolous fungi on wood and humicolous fungi in decaying plant remains. These words describe where they live, not species names. In the same landscape, different materials offer different food possibilities; leaving a leaf or branch in place also preserves part of that context.

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  1. Observe fallen leaves and wood from a path without stirring the blanket of the soil.
  2. Look for differences in texture and integrity: are there whole leaves and others already fragmented?
  3. Record what you see without assigning all transformation to fungi: isolated observation does not identify the organisms involved.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Sources of this proposal

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PROPOSTA 2 DE 2 · Travel through time

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Gondiães and Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

A house with three granaries

At Casa de Chouzas, three 19th-century granaries stand alongside the manor house highlighted by the municipality. The group connects two functions: living and storing the harvest. Rather than looking only at the main house, it is worth recognising the importance of buildings supporting agriculture. The introduction to Vilar de Cunhas places this heritage in a landscape of plateau and mountain, shaped by farming and pastoralism. House and granaries can be read in that working context, although the source does not detail each property’s production. The house’s dating is less firm: the municipality presents it as perhaps 19th-century, while assigning the granaries to the 19th century. That difference should remain visible. The photograph accompanying the reading shows the portal, not the three granaries. The heritage reference does not confirm access to the group.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Look at the photo of the portal and list only the elements you can see.
  2. Compared to the three granaries mentioned in the text: what depends on the written description?
  3. Imagine a caption that distinguishes the frame of the photograph from the remaining patrimonial set.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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