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On hemlock

on Pteridium aquilinum, prev obs.

On Woodwardia the fungus is M. Woodwardiae

Swampy area on moss. Vouchered. JET230705_02

On harvestman

I’d like to dedicate my 1000th observation to my good friend and mentor of all things plants and fungi, @this_hippie_chick, for whom I owe many of these observations to.

Host tree in last picture

Growing on Rhododendron viscosum. Looks like a UFO!!

On eastern white pine

Rust on Green Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica).

On Aesculus

On Rubus

Uromyces caladii infecting Green Arrow Arum. Uromyces caladii is a rust which may also infect Jack-In-The-Pulpit.

Chickweed Geometer Moth; Chickweed Geometer Moth; in foxtail grass; PA, Philadelphia, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

Male Green Frogs fighting; Lithobates clamitans, PA, Philadelphia, Schuylkill Center

Slimy orange sheet on recent cut tree. Fusicolla m. is a complex. The orange is carotene.

UVIVF

330 nm uv Fluorescence.

On the side of the trail. Wasn’t moving much.

Cross-leaved milkwort.

Unfortunately, none were in bloom.

07 Apr 2021.
Buckingham Springs, Bucks Co, PA.
Found on Claytonia virginica.

@austinrkelly

Some actual small nuts

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1781548/bgimage

On very hard dead hardwood. 1-3 mm across.

First recorded INaturalist observation in Oregon at Crater Lake National Park!

Host: Elephantopus tomentosus.
Reference: WCC-20210804-03

Growing on decaying branch, likely deciduous. Forest dominated by pine otherwise. Bruises grey, and then to black

On Tremella fuciformis

Tasted ungodly hot and peppery

Found in mixed subalpine fir and englemann spruce forest.

Growing on wood. Cap changed color over night to brown.