??????? Very charismatic colonial pig snouts on granite. areoles discrete, no lobate thallus, rounded edges. sampled
from carpet at heath margin
On decomposed stump butt. . Forming multiple heads on stalks. (Photographed in extreme drought conditions) For comparative see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28782439 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1471951
On cyanobacteria
@rambryum ermmm
Found under a log in heavily shaded mixed forest, photographed live, then collected.
Sikes (2019) lists only two species of Japygoid in Canada, Occasjapyx americanus and Evalljapyx saundersi; a Parajapyx is also mentioned, but expected to be a misidentified E. saundersi. No other species are predicted to occur. From Allen (2002), given the macrochaetae are barbed, and trichobothria are present on antennal segments 4-6 (most visible on 6th segment in second last photo), this seems to best match Evalljapyx saundersi.
Nematodes found in body cavity of pacific herring.
1793.1, UID 38
Friday, May 26, 2023 Daniel Tucker Habitat: on trunk; Bark texture: rough; Height above ground(m): 3.1
Nothing else with a leaf laminal disc this huge.
Cyano? Algae? Lichen? Aquatic-- affixed to river rock forming tubes
Green Mountain, Cortes I.
Two older chicks hopping around moss-covered boulders/terraces off of cliff face on steep southwest-facing slope.
Kayaking in the Broughton Archipelago. My Westcoast marine life knowledge is limited so I'm hoping someone can identify this creature. Approx 5' in length. Squid of some sort?
gall on Solidago
@fmcghee does this look like it is on Solidago to you? that was what I took a photo of before this
Seems like a really good candidate for R. nigrella, will have to update later.
On the Rathtrevor Provincial Park sign
On Dried Peach Gall Wasp galls on Q. garryana
All over the Q. garryana here. Thanks for the help @bradenjudson and @rambryum
Walking along the waterline from Pipers lagoon to Departure Bay my 4 yo daughter spotted a dried out sea horse in the rocks that may be below water at high tide.
This observation collected under a BC Parks permit to visit Woodley Range Ecological Reserve. Note that this Ecological Reserve is closed to the public: research is conducted via permit. (https://bcparks.ca/eco_reserve/woodley_er.html)
on Cardamine sp. (I think flexuosa) - Host plant collected along with pathogen
Small, abundant over spruce needles, the greenish white thallus (?) is making me think it's lichenized and not just a parasite.
A highlight of my wanderings on the Itatiaia NP trails - Brechmorhoga goncalvensis which was formally described in 2021, formerly part of B. lepeaca sense Santos as noted by Kompier (2015). The third photo through the wing shows just enough of the hamules to help confirm the ID.
Diogo Silva Vilela, Gláucia Stefani-Santos, Walter F. Ávila Júnior, and Marcos Magalhães de Souza "Brechmorhoga goncalvensis sp. nov. from south-eastern Brazil (Odonata: Libellulidae)," Odonatologica 50(1-2), 81-94, (1 June 2021).
Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
found fallen on ground
Two thalli on fallen spruce branch
On conifer trunk. hattoriaana?
Stalked yellow cups growing off of dead Cephalozia, Riccardia and Scapania spotted by @bradenjudson. Read about a deer urine loving fungus and wondered if this could be it as it was on a urine patch
Specimen deposited at Canadian Museum of Nature. PARATYPE: CMNC 1985-0156. Florencia Bay, NW end (original description "Wreck Bay"); intertidal, sand pools, boulders, mouth of stream. Collected by Edward L. Bousfield.
Specimen deposited at the Canadian Museum of Nature: PARATYPE: CMNC 1987-0364. Thanksgiving Cave, cave pools, streamway below main entrance. Collected by Patrick D. Shaw.
UID 16, 1881.2
Habitat: on branch; Bark texture: smooth; Height above ground(m): 15.6
"Cololejeunea gracilis (subg. Aphanolejeunea) is a very small and common epiphyll
(less than 0.4 mm wide) with mostly reduced, linear leaves with toothed margins." Gradstein 2021
corticolous on Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
epiphytic on shoreline Picea sitchensis
Lichenicolous on Niebla cephalota
Observed during authorized visit; site closed to public access
coastal sandstone
With Neelid springtail
epiphytic on Quercus garryana
On driftwood breakwater (erect logs)
abundant on several old growth Pseudotsuga
I am not sure if this requires too much of a leap of faith for the identification. It visually matches this species very well, but I know there are some species that look similar. There is no ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) in the area, but there is shore pine (P. contorta var. contorta). This species is known to infest other pines, including lodgepole pine (of which shore pine is a variety).
Habitat hypersaline lake.
Image 1 - Male, dorsal view.
Image 2 - Female, dorsal view.
Image 3 - Male head, frontal view, showing the distal segments of the second antennae to be i) flat, ii) broadly triangular, iii) with pointed apices directed medially.
Image 4 - Habitat.
The major solution salt in this lake is sodium carbonate (Cummings, J.M. 1940. Saline and Hydromagnesite Deposits of British Columbia, Bulletin No. 4. BC Dept of Mines: 160pp)
Seemed pottiaceous at the time. @astorey_botany
On river/lake bank of moist mineral soil
New popn (as far as I'm aware). Habitat is typical saline pond bank in transition zone where Distichlis ends and Artemesia begins
Tentative. Over seeping rock of cliff.
Collected for tiny liverworts. On soil.
Spores 122.5 um in diameter. Second population in Canada. Confirmed by Linda Ley. 420 km from nearest population.