Growth on a Northern red oak.
1 m in diameter.
Growing on bark. I think Quercus?
on Chamaecyparis thyoides
stunning lichen. gorgeous. love love love. growing on bark of a tree. lower surface of thallus was white, and appeared to be covered in dense white cilia.
tentative ID as the cyanobacterial morph of this species.
Teliospores on the leaves of naturalized bamboo in a wild forest. Found by @sus_scrofa
Small black hairy springtails on a wet rock amidst snow
On a hardwood stick. With interesting insects on it
On raw wood bench slats
On bark
On brick. Tightly adhered.
On Brick. Notably pale vs. Nearby shade lichens.
On phragmites. Spores viewed under 800x. Tentative ID.
Many of these thin, grayish worms in the vernal pool. Very quick and squirmy.
Perhaps a pistol shrimp of some sort?
Unsure of ID
Katydid eggs!
Moist Chamber, creeping around
Ethan did the microscopy to identify this fungus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148491646
This might be two different individuals.
Nest with plastic material on a Kousa dogwood
Growing on Bark
Spores: 9.5 - 10µm
Sporrothecae dull gray, spores yellow in mass but colorless-gray on the slide.
Sporocarps: 1.15mm
Sporothecae .27mm
Substrate may be Pinus. Immersed perithecia emerging in a cushion-like stroma. There is white material between the ostioles. There is a yellow staining to the wood. Asci IKI-, 50-64 x 5-6µm, the spore bearing part 30-39µm. The spores are ellipsoid, light brown, with two guttules, 5-7 x 2.5-3µm, no visible septa. There is what appears to be a germ pore at one end.
Selaginella apoda, Green-Wood Cemetery, December 2021
Maggots inside a Black walnut husk
Tiny creature on a twig. Two white spots on the abdomen. Wings either absent or severely reduced.
Found by Glen; no discoloration on stipe
Growing in hardwood leaf litter
9.9-11.7 x 5.4-6.2µm
big dead beetle remains found under birch bark
On Cephalanthus occidentalis
Scorpionfly (Panorpa), Skidmore North Woods, Saratoga, NY, June 2023
Trepomonas steinii Klebs, 1892 from the northernmost saprobic edge benthos of the spring-fed freshwater coastal pond at Ocean Dunes Apartments in the Atlantic Double Dunes Preserve. This sampling site is situated 250 meters from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean and is rich in decaying organic matter. Imaged in Nomarski DIC using Olympus BH2 under SPlan 40x objective plus variable phone cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+.
Thanks to Ivan Čepička for identifying this observation. A diplomonad dance party. Today's slide from the northernmost saprobic edge benthos of spring-fed freshwater coastal pond at Ocean Dunes Apartments in the Atlantic Double Dunes Preserve got richer and richer in diplomonad flagellates the longer the slide sat on the stage.
Cells were approximately 8 um – the smallest of all the species of the genus Trepomonas I found. The cells were slightly flattened and had a characteristic teardrop shape at first glance to triangular shape. The rear end was narrower than the front.
Diplomonad flagellates include the gnera Trepomonas and Hexamita. Most genera of diplomonads are parasites, and the few genera that are free-living are usually found in organically enriched (and usually anaerobic) sites. The cells are bilaterally symmetrical along their longitudinal axis. There are two anterior nuclei, and associated with each are four flagella which arise at the head of a groove in the body surface. The genera may be distinguished by the relative lengths of the flagella and by the flexibility of the bodies. In both genera, one flagellum of both quartets extends laterally from the head of the groove. The remainder lie within the groove, with those of the more pliable Trepomonas not extending beyond the posterior margin of the cell, as do those of Hexamita . These organisms may feed either by eating bacteria or by pinocytosis.
Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: a Color Guide 1st Edition By D.J. Patterson. CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group. p 64.
Escaped from cultivation ?
Spore measurements:
6.2-10.8 x 1.6-2.3 µm
Me 7.9 x 1.9 µm
Q=3.2-5.8
Me Q=4.3
N=56
bug on the beach. not sure what business it had there, but it didn't seem to be having a good time. it was mercilessly buffeted around by today's high winds.
Found in a wooded area, on a fallen branch.
fragment of a dead beetle found under a hardwood log. it's giving staphylinid vibes to me. quite small - maybe 3mm or so (very rough estimate)
An orange insect on a dead Persimmon tree
Found under bark on fallen log