Our project analyses Fungi presence in Central Park and if weather conditions, such as heat and precipitation, have an effect on them. In our research we examined this question by using fungi data from iNaturalist from the months of June, July and August from the years 2020 to 2024. We used only information from Central Park and used the NOAA database to get our weather patterns for these times as well. We then did a bivariate correlation analysis using the Pearson correlation coefficient formula for an r-value. From this, we concluded that there is actually no significant correlation. This test, however, has multiple issues. For future work, observations should be made with greater seasonal variety and with a longer time period. We plan to venture outside of iNaturalist and observe first hand instead to get a more accurate result.
