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Birch Blackhead (Diatrypella favacea)Observer
myco_mama_vtDescription
Erupting from the bark of fallen paper birch log
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Various-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)Observer
charolaisDescription
Sreading on decorticated log. 24-63. Leaf shape variable from shallowly lobed to entire. Underleaves deeply bilobed with teeth beneath lobes (seen at top of stem in last 2 photos).
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Bigtooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata)Observer
micholokoDescription
I’m thinking it’s Tilia americana but unsure.
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Dearnessia apocyniObserver
sbrobesonDescription
on Apocynum cannabinum. voucher taken (S.B.Robeson #186)
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Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)Observer
rangerharlesDescription
By the snowmaking pond at Cranmore Mt
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Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)Observer
trscavoDescription
The Degraff Property (managed by Winooski Valley Park District)
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Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)Observer
trscavoDescription
Montshire Museum of Science (both native and non-native species introduced here)
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Swamp Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)Observer
trscavoDescription
Cobb Town Forest (Strafford)
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Groundhog Tick (Ixodes cookei)Observer
hobiecatDescription
Tick species ....... cookei
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Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)Observer
trscavoDescription
At the Helen W. Buckner Preserve at Bald Mountain
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Nodding Ladies' Tresses Complex (Complex Spiranthes cernua)Observer
arethusaDescription
A population where characteristics of S. incurva and S. arcisepala seemed to blend together, with only a few clear examples of the former. Most plants were single-ranked, and only a select few were multiple-ranked.
NOTE: the plants pictured here are among the most similar to S. arcisepala, and may be rightly identified as such.
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Rock Firmoss (Huperzia × protoporophila)Observer
gglynnDescription
Growing with both progenitors along the base of a boreal cliff
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Eastern Black Nightshade (Solanum emulans)Observer
raffib128Description
Area heavily disturbed by flooding.
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American Tar Spot (Rhytisma americanum)Observer
trscavoDescription
At Macrae Farm Park
The fungus: this observation
The host plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144528546
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Green Mountain Quillwort (Isoetes viridimontana)Observer
choessDescription
Novel Isoetes species collected by Mike and Sharon Rosenthal, being described by Carl Taylor.
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Green Mountain Quillwort (Isoetes viridimontana)Observer
er-birdsDescription
New species discovered by @mirosen — thanks for showing me! (we put this plant back into the substrate)
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Savin-leaved Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum × sabinifolium)Observer
choessDescription
Notice the gradual transition in sporophyll form from strobilus stalk to strobilus.
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choessDescription
Annual constrictions visible (unlike D. digitatum), while the strobilus stalk is stouter than that of D. complanatum.
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Threeleaf Goldthread (Coptis trifolia)Observer
alan_rockefellerDescription
Berberine fluorescent yellow in 365 nanometer UV light
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Genus AkanthomycesObserver
northernathanDescription
I’ve never seen this before so I’m just selecting what inat suggested.
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Tall Beech Fern (Phegopteris excelsior)Observer
tsnDescription
Identified by Art Gilman. Tetraploid. Hybrid between 3x P. connectilis + 1x some other parent (but not P. hexagonoptera). Triangular pinnules on (some) second pinnae.
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Tall Beggarticks (Bidens vulgata)Observer
trscavoDescription
Rugg Brook watershed (St. Albans)
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Sow Thistles (Genus Sonchus)Observer
trscavoDescription
Rugg Brook watershed (St. Albans)
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myco_mama_vtDescription
Fruiting on small diameter hardwood log. Very small (1-2mm) spines on underside. Slowly bruising smoky grey around cap edge and on underside with handling.
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Meadow Horsetail (Equisetum pratense)Observer
stevendanielDescription
Rare in our area; note in pic (to distinguish from E. arvense):
1) white-margined (vs. black-tipped) sheath teeth
2) scabrous stem
3) more sheath teeth (than E. arvense)
4) deltoid (triangular) branch teeth
This population grows with E. arvense and E. sylvaticum. It has never been observed to be sexually reproductive( to have a spore-bearing cone). I wonder if it could be a hybrid.
More info to distinguish from E. arvense here https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/stevendaniel
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Fragrant Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)Observer
trscavoDescription
At Lucy Mallary Bugbee Natural Area
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Bog Jacob's-Ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae)Observer
trscavoDescription
A wetland off Duclos Rd (Forest Road 298) in the Green Mountain National Forest (known location)
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American Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)Observer
raffib128
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Veiny Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum venulosum)Observer
trscavoDescription
At Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area
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Labrador Violet (Viola labradorica)Observer
tsnDescription
Flowers and leaves on the same stem; spurs not as long as Viola rostrata
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Knobbedlip Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus bundyi)Observer
hobiecatDescription
Eubranchipus bundyi — male with antenna —
previously identified as bundyi (the only similar VT option) as found at this vernal pool.
Numerous today.
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Butternut (Juglans cinerea)Observer
raffib128Description
I didn't realize the Mad River had this kind of diversity. What a cool tree!
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Cordyceps tenuipesObserver
myco_mama_vtDescription
Fruiting from moth pupa buried in rotting wood.
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Cordyceps tenuipesObserver
myco_mama_vtDescription
Fruiting from moth pupa buried in decaying wood.
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Psilocybe fuscofulvaObserver
mr_rogersDescription
Best guess but could be wrong, cap was mottled light brown with dark brown splotches and a slightly darker ring of color around the margin. Found growing from a piece of wood, presumably hardwood in a densely mossy area of mixed forest. Spore print was dark purple.
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Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. sirtalis)Observer
lnolakerDescription
Yearling and first snake of the year.
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