Abundant growth on an old, fallen hickory. This was taken after two days of rain so the fruiting bodies with bright and colorful.
Possibly B. inquinans, but uncharacteristically this was smaller and found growing 5 feet or more above ground in the crevices of a living oak tree with no obvious signs of decay. The asci seem to be a mix of the order of spore development… first four, last four, or even middle few underdeveloped. Some of the mature spores appear multi- and not just uniguttulate. Open for suggestions!
With guttation drops on the tips of leaflets and the spathe
First Observation of this exotic species in the Eastern United States of America
These ARE DIFFERENT individuals..There were 5 fledglings and 2 Adults present.
I learned the rhyme "Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses have nodes all the way to the ground" (most of the time): joint-like nodes (where the leaf sheath ends) are found along round, hollow grass stems, stems of sedges & rushes are solid; in cross-section the stems of rushes are round, sedges are triangular (giving them edges, but they have no nodes, & triangular-stem sedges have 3-ranked leaves, leaves arranged on all 3 sides of the stem; like sedges, rush stems also have no nodes)... common names (some of the time) can confuse: Broomsedge is a grass, not a sedge; Bulrush and Woolgrass are sedges, not a rush, nor a grass
I like the neat rhyme "Sedges have edges, Rushes are round, Grasses have nodes all the way to the ground" (most of the time): joint-like nodes (where the leaf sheath ends) are found along round, hollow grass stems, stems of sedges & rushes are solid; in cross-section the stems of rushes are round, sedges are triangular (giving them edges, but they have no nodes, & triangular-stem sedges have 3-ranked leaves, leaves arranged on all 3 sides of the stem; like sedges, rush stems also have no nodes)... common names (some of the time) can confuse: Broomsedge is a grass, not a sedge; Bulrush and Woolgrass are sedges, not a rush, nor a grass
Found indoors (on my wrist cuff), carried it to the great outdoors, where the tiny creature is enjoying life now
For the Black Snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/208203877
For the adjacent Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/206307078 & inaturalist.org/observations/206329227
For the Trametes aesculi, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/206308145
These are all separate individuals.
Thought this was interesting, it's cap kinda looks like a soup pot.
A few growing by a sick black cherry tree. Only seen 3 but lots of undergrowth here
For the adjacent Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/206329227 & inaturalist.org/observations/206329215
For the Trametes aesculi, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/206308145
Attracted to a mating pair of Erynnis (posted separately).
On a sweetgum seedball in muddy leaf litter; differentiating characteristics, many thanks to @pycnoporus: color and geography, plus N. niveotomentosa has white hairs, not orange, a west coast distribution, and brown periodoles (eggs), while the periodoles of C. laeve are white (not visible here in my images)
A mystery puzzler to me (every photo I test-uploaded gave different top suggestions, none plausible to me);
for the suggested Rusty Brook Lichen, Ionaspis lacustris, last photo inaturalist.org/observations/200858102
First photo close-cropped, then full size, same for the rest of the photos
For the Bacidia suffusa lichen, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137676
For the Ant-like Longhorn Beetle (Cyrtophorus verrucosus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137684
Confidence to Suggest thanks to @mhodges1957, Notes adapted, thanks to @bertharris: On a slender snag, the young tree barely still standing, near where a small stream feeds into Sugar Creek; thallus mint green and lumpy; beautiful huge (slightly) purplish lecideine apothecia that start plane and heavily pruinose but end up convex and slightly or not pruinose; 1st photo close-cropped, then full size, same for 2nd photo (admittedly where I found this after I got home, the internet was down, & studied photo perimeters as I couldn't upload)
For the other lichen, the Ciliate Wreath (Phaeophyscia ciliata), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137667
For the big Ant-like Longhorn Beetle (Cyrtophorus verrucosus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137684
For nearby Bacidia suffusa I went looking for and found lots, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205421248 and inaturalist.org/observations/205458504
For the Ciliate Wreath (Phaeophyscia ciliata) lichen, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137667
For the Bacidia suffusa lichen, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137676
An adjacent Ant-like Longhorn Beetle (Cyrtophorus verrucosus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137690
An adjacent Ant-like Longhorn Beetle (Cyrtophorus verrucosus), cf. inaturalist.org/observations/205137684
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) 3 more consecutive visits to same log, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/153675690, inaturalist.org/observations/153814996, & inaturalist.org/observations/153817731
Of the herbs native to temperate Eurasia, this best-known, weedy invasive member is a biennial in the small genus of flowering plants in the mustard family Brassicaceae (also known as the older name, Cruciferae, meaning "cross-bearing", describing the four petals of mustard flowers, which resemble a cross); arranged in clusters, each small white flower of 4 deeply notched petals gives a heart-shaped appearance that upon first glance may look like 8 petals on the flowering stalk from the springtime rosette of leaves close to the ground
Some similar species:
• Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris – flower petals do not have the deep notch of hoary alyssum flowers; those triangular seedpods are slightly heart shaped, hoary alyssum seedpods round and flattened
• Field pennycress, Thlaspi arvense – flower petals do not have the deep notch of hoary alyssum flowers, and their leaves have toothed edges; the edges of hoary alyssum leaves are smooth
• Green flowered peppergrass, Lepidium densiflorum – flower petals are not deeply notched, and the larger green flowered peppergrass leaves have toothed edges; the edges of all hoary alyssum leaves are smooth
Of the family Cruciferae, from Latin crux (cross, from the shape of the flowers) + fero (I bear), blooming by the sidewalk at the base of the hedge
Kreuzblütler (Cruciferae oder Brassicaceae), auch Kreuzblütengewächse genannt, sind eine Pflanzenfamilie in der Ordnung der Kreuzblütlerartigen