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Square Gooseneck Moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)Observer
rolandwirthDescription
Growing in very wet saturated area on edge of stream.
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Striated Tightcoil (Pristiloma stearnsii)Observer
harsiparkerDescription
Around 2 mm in diameter.
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Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)Observer
machiDescription
I have never seen this bat house so packed
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Spherical Isopods (Genus Exosphaeroma)Observer
gwarkDescription
This small isopod was found in roots of surfgrass (Phyllospadix serrulatus)
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Seashore Saltbush (Atriplex drymarioides)Observer
gwarkDescription
This species is synonymized into A. gmelinii by the FNA, but is included in POWO.
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Western Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum dilatatum)Observer
brewbooksDescription
Maianthemum dilatatum
Meyer's Chuck, Alaska
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paul_norwoodDescription
In shallow water
Phylactolaemata (U shaped)
Sessoblasts with tubercles (plumatellidae)
Floatoblasts oblong
Dorsal annulus width at poles (photos six and eight) greater than the length of the dorsal fenestra.
Ventral side is photo nine
Floatoblast dorsal fenestra less than 1.5 times the width
Floatoblast dorsal annulus NOT bulging around inner capsule
Floatoblasts laterally symmetrical
Floatoblast annulus cell outlines easily seen with 100x magnification (no access to SEM)
nodules present
Annulus not "paved"
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gwarkDescription
Fungus? Virus? On red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium) leaves.
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Thread-leaved Water-Crowfoot (Ranunculus trichophyllus)Observer
stishoviteDescription
Aquatic plant in full sun and moving water.
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Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)Observer
gwarkDescription
I think I might have twospecies here, but not entirely sure.
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Plate Limpet (Lottia scutum)Observer
rolandwirthDescription
~ 4 cm long and 1.5 cm high
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cgbcDescription
I have been trying to ID this off-and-on since I saw it with no luck. Succulent, perched 3 ft off the ground in a huckleberry in a wet area. Roots (or dead appendages?) hanging in the air below.
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gwarkDescription
I don't know what causes the yellow spotting on blueberry plants. It's not unusual to find, but this is one of the more heavily impacted plants I've yet seen.
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Red-banded Transparent Shrimp (Heptacarpus sitchensis)Observer
sitkaconnorDescription
I think this maybe H. stimpsoni, because the rostrum seems shorter than I have seen in H. sitchensis, but longer than H. brevirostris.
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Genus LimnoporusObserver
gwarkDescription
ID from bugguide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/198038
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Gmelin's Saltbush (Atriplex gmelinii)Observer
torrejorgensonDescription
uncertain about species, but seems best fit
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Lirularia lirulataObserver
gwarkDescription
I think, but also wondering about Solariella peramabilis
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Sitka Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum sitchense)Observer
torrejorgensonDescription
not sure on this one
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Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust (Chrysomyxa ledicola)Observer
paul_norwoodDescription
On spruce needles
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Marsh Felwort (Lomatogonium rotatum)Observer
toby_spribilleDescription
Entire population with white flowers. Never saw again in GLBA in 2012, 2014
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Rhytisma arbutiObserver
mbowserDescription
On Menziesia ferruginea (now Rhododendron menziesii). Perhaps Melasmia menziesii Dearn. & Barth. or Rhytisma arbuti W. Phillips?
(Below for my own reference)
Original description URI's:
Melasmia menziesii Dearn. & Barth.
http://books.google.com/books?id=1YdNAAAAYAAJ
Rhytisma arbuti W. Phillips
http://books.google.com/books?id=kuhQAAAAYAAJ
