A couple of these tiny mushrooms (caps were about 1 cm tall by 0.75 cm wide), growing among Eastern American Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris pubescens).
short, blunt bracts
In deciduous woods
Along with the sounds of the smooth bark and dense trunk.
The cranberry red fruit are gorgeous and stand out against the green foliage.
Powdery mildew on Quercus sect Lobatae (Q. rubra or Q. velutina) sapling.
Appendages on chasmothecia mostly unbranched, but I found a few that had branched appendages. Perhaps the branching has to do with mature vs immature chasmothecia? Ascospores two and three septate.
In a compost pile of Willow oak leaves (Quercus phellos).
Pinkish brown gills. Stem and cap stain a faint yellow color upon handling. Caps have woolly pinkish scales.
Powdery mildew on Aralia racemosa
A bat with a chestnut brown back
At first, I thought these were spring peepers, but then I noticed several birds in the reeds. I believe these are juvenile American goldfinches:
Small, about 1 mm in diameter, grayish, frosted protuberances, emerging from the bark of a Summer grape vine (Vitis aestivalis)
A short, stubby, green larva / caterpillar on Collinsonia canadensis. The larva was about 1/2 inch long. An ant, Nylanderia flavipes, was checking out the larva.
Specimen collected by Jeff Hooper
For great egrets: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240392129
For heron: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240392530
One female. Near some Japanese Angelica Tree and Common jewelweed.
Diderma subfloriformis
Spores: dense small warts
Capillitum: profuse, flexuose and pale with swollen parts, maybe warts
Sporocyst: globose, pale grey, light ochraceous, dehiscence near petaloid. Dark grey/blue when immature
Sporocarps: ±1.3mm
Powdery mildew on Cornus sp
Chasmothecia with their candelabra like appendages are shown. The closeups of the appendages are under 400x magnification.
For the host plant, Cornus alternifolia, see
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240412261
On soil near a rotting hardwood log
About 5cm tall
On the ground
Mating. On Solidago juncea. The male is a dark chocolate brown, while the female is a lighter chestnut brown color. The male has orange eyes, while the female has yellow eyes.
He was on the underside of a Pourthiaea villosa leaf. Presumably this soldier beetle was killed by an entomopathogenic fungus. I'll revisit later and see if the mycelium has enveloped the beetle
Powdery mildew on Carya glabra (Pignut hickory)
On the edge of a dried out vernal pool
This Locust Borer managed to hold on and not get carried off by the German Yellowjacket who has its own observation at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238528323
on Rubus sp.
spotted by @pantherophis
on Trifolium pratense. voucher with chasmothecia collected so I should be able to upload micro photos later to confirm species.
Visiting Reynoutria flowers
It looks like a powdery mildew is growing on the Aceria galls. The multicolored globules look like chasmothecia.
Wet to mesic deciduous woods. Fruit on a stem on the ground
Very large plants, with fruit. Deciduous woods, mesic habitat, near Green ash, Red maple
Striking golden colored ~~mines~~ lines. On Persicaria virginiana?
Powdery mildew on Fagus grandifolia, which is infected with Beech Leaf Disease, as is every other beech tree in Alley Pond Park
I thought this was Common mugwort, but that has alternate leaves I think. Not sure what this plant is.
Growing on a mossy slope, near Quercus rubra, Prunus serotina, Acer platanoides . Yellowish brown caps, matte texture, cracking and exposing the yellow flesh. Pore surface lemon yellow, bruising dark blue instantly. The cap flesh stains a gray color gradually when exposed to air. The stem was peeling in places and was pinkish near the base. Taste not particularly distinct, perhaps slightly sweet.
Water droplets on cap turn orange. KOH on cap turns olive green. Stem stains orange from handling. Two large mushrooms growing near a makeshift compost pile in the woods. Caps about 5" in diameter, with dark pink scales. Gills cream colored, ruffled around the margin of the cap. Stem streaky, pink, with a ring near the top of the stem. Leucoagaricus americanus is supposed to have a red KOH reaction, so I'm thinking this is another species. The cap turned dark pink overnight, as I was taking the spore print. Spore print is white. Elliptical, dextrinoid spores (last photo).
Betula lenta, Quercus rubra nearby. Gray Russula, velvety cap. Taste slightly peppery after about 15 seconds. KOH on cap turns a pinkish brown after a few minutes. Ellipsoid, amyloid, ornamented spores.
Powdery mildew on Mexican tea
23/03/2020
Se observó que el hongo tenía "pelusillas" blancas y las zonas lesionadas, muertas, presentaban un color rojo oscuro. Solamente se encontraba en la planta de epazote.
Se agrega la fotografía de las pelusillas vistas a través del microscopio Foldscope en una preparación con azul de metileno y sin tinte.
26/03/2020
Después de consultar en Twitter a la cuenta https://twitter.com/Fungi_Cosas y subsecuentemente recibir apoyo de la cuenta del fitopatólogo https://twitter.com/Mikotr se llegó a la conclusión de que el hongo sí corresponde al menos al género Leveillula.
Este hongo se encontró en plantas de epazote y se consultó con el fin de encontrar una manera de controlar biológicamente su presencia y proliferación en esta planta.
Transcribo la respuesta del fitopatólogo:
"Gracias por los datos. Tenemos que aprovechar la biología del hongo, efectivamente es Leveillula. Que no le falte agua a las plantas, la turgencia es importante porque mantiene a los estomas activos (único acceso al interior de la planta). Limpieza de hojas viejas en el suelo.
Defoliación de las hojas del tercio inferior de la planta o con síntomas, pero con cuidado, ten una bolsita muy cerca para evitar que las esporas se diseminen por la manipulación y hazlo de manera lenta. Al hongo le gustan las hojas viejas, y justo de ellas tienes que deshacerte.
Y por último el manejo de la luz es importante, como no son pigmentados tienen mucha sensibilidad a la luz, ojalá puedas permitir la incidencia de luz directa, el sol lastima al hongo y evita su desarrollo."
Consulta el hilo de comentarios en la red social para estar en contacto con los especialistas:
https://twitter.com/JuanMt/status/1242238467192401921?s=20
Visiting Common jewelweed flowers
In the crevice of a fallen Quercus rubra limb. About 3.5-4mm long black beetle with two orange spots on the elytra
A pair of lilac colored, gilled mushrooms. Each cap was about 1.5 cm in diameter. Stems were conjoined, about 5 cm long. I found a few others nearby, some with caps about 3 cm in diameter. The cap stained blue instantly upon application of KOH. The stem was a light yellow color and was quite hairy near the base. Growing on leaf litter, near a young Quercus rubra, under Lindera benzoin.
On liverworts, wood debris and soil at bank of creek. Preserve in Pine Barrens. Fluffy aspect; spores with points; hyphae and basidia with clamp connections. It has adventitious septa on the basidia and some resinous matter adhered on basidia and hyphae.
Yellow liquid drops on the gills ; perhaps that's where the "bile" in the name comes from. Near Willow oaks
birch, hemlock
2nd pic taken 2 minutes after first
3rd pic taken 1 hour after first
Many of these little beetles wedged between the gills of an Amanita mushroom
I found this beautiful fly just relaxing on the underside of a Psathyrellaceae mushroom. The fly had very colorful eyes - they were red, green and yellow. There several large Eastern Black Walnut trees at this spot.
Calls coming out of hemlock woods at 12:43am
The wasp was clasping a crane fly .
For the crane fly see:
Near a sphagnum bog. Egg case dangling from an Eastern White Pine . Similar to the Eastern Ray Spider, but looks less yellow and has only a single supporting thread.
In a sphagnum bog
Am orchid in a sphagnum bog
In a sphagnum bog
wildflowers
At a sphagnum bog. Flower shown
Caterpillar / larva eating American beech (Fagus grandifolia) at a bog
White pine, Red maple, not far from a bog
Grayish tawny cap, velvety matte texture. Reddish stem. Flesh bruises blue quickly when exposed to air. Paper birch, hemlock, striped maple . Bitter taste.