Polystroma fernandezii
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=10897378
sur Myrtaceae (observé sur plusieurs espèces de Myrtaceae)
A young Ocelot visiting water feature at Visitor Center headquarters. Tragically, the Ocelot was ill and found dead a few days later.
These red "spores" were found all over a small moss growing on vertical sandstone. Can't do better than life. Maybe a lichen? I don't believe it's part of the moss. Any help is appreciated.
A pair of honey badgers run into Vundu pack (African wild dog), while they rest near the den.
My wife took this cell phone image of a female Efferia in our yard today. Likely not identifiable past genus level.
Spherical mass about 1cm in diameter attached to a tree root, looked like a collection of small eggs.
A few more photos from 2011.
This cottonmouth is feeding on an Orange-crowned Warbler.
Located on silver bluestem. Black "spots" on almost every seed head on the individual
(Not injured—the “blood” on its back is a leaf, and that on mine is from a mosquito)
Clusters of white conidia on cedar leaf in a wet spot.
Helicoconidia (helicoid) measured
*(28.5) 28.51 - 32.7 × 16.2 - 20 µm
Q = (1.5) 1.54 - 1.76 (1.8) ; N = 5
Me = 30.3 × 18.5 µm ; Qe = 1.6
I am familiar with Cryptococcus macerans as the source of the orange pigmentation, but have not observed these large white growths before.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on May 3, 2019.
pulling a snake from a tree cavity. The Indigo was still pulling 20 minutes later when I left.
Just wanted to record here that back in 2007, I had an albino racoon in my backyard! It was one of a family of 3 young ones + mother. I only saw it a couple months.
1 - Gall variation
2 - Front side of leaf
3 - Back side of leaf
4 - Length
5 - Width
6 - Under 40X
7 - Under 40X
8, 9, 10 - Various cross sections
11 - blurry but moving mite
Not for the mirid (I think Irbisia sp)., but for the pink "growth" on its back. I vaguely remember some mention of a fungus (or something...) that grows on the backs of mirids in California, but can't find any reference for that now...
Egg-laying velvet-worm Ooperipatellus species. This velvet-worm was found under a log in a damp woodland gulley, during our Bush Blitz on Flinders Island in March 2014. It is almost certainly an undescribed species, and may prove to be confined to Flinders Island. Velvet-worms are in a phylum of their own and have very ancient origins that pre-date the rise of the arthropods. Tasmania is a hot-spot for them, and may eventually be shown to host hundreds of species, although they mostly look very similar from the outside.
Rust on oak leaf. Guessing Q. hemisphaerica given that it seems to be a red oak based on the leaf. Added pics of spores - yellow in KOH, very spiny, 1-2 amber oil droplets. No micrometer for size but last two pics are fixed at 100x oil immersion.
A tiny pycnogonid or sea spider, possibly Endeis spinosa, was collected during an invertebrate zoology field trip on the R/V Archimedes
Moss-bug Hemiodoecellus fidelis, Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia, December 2018
Rust like fungi growing on the ground. Basidia 4-sterigmata. Hyphae with clamps.
Spores globose to subglobose, spiny, pale brown at maturity, measured
(5.8) 5.9 - 7.6 (8.3) µm
N = 8
Me = 6.9 µm
Saw a big dark shadow "flew" past overhead while searching for the lesser mousedeer. Thought it was a changeable hawk eagle given the numerous times I've heard the calls in the area. Looked up and saw this dude staring right at me. Unusually active as it keeps scaling up trees and looking around at its surroundings. Also, heard 3x abbott's babbler calling in the area. As I focused on finding the abbott's babbler, this dude flew again to another tree. Very spectacular sight especially being able to see it gliding twice in the day!
Det. Duane McKenna, 2009, based on DNA analysis
Collected 20 (!!!), at a mercury vapor light
spmns sent to TAMUIC and Harvard MCZ
there were many of these large fish with long snouts gathered in the shallows of the creek. i assume they were trying to spawn. they were there at least an hour. here's a video of the fish: https://youtu.be/Y5ohDpmSdyk.
Had such a blast camping at Falcon State Park. It was pretty windy, but lots of bugs still showed up at the black lights!
Still have lots of work to do on ID's for these...