Spruce, fir, cedar & mixed hardwoods. Lots of debris attached. Short obvious neck. Spores too small for G. smithii or coronatum. Microscopy. Vouchered.
Small pores.
Growing in forest floor leaf litter.
Stipe snapped at ground level while picking.
Below ground portion partly visible in fourth picture, to the left of the cap.
Growing under pine (obviously) and larch. Odor and taste much milder (not sour) than typical suillus. Not 100% on the ID of course but both the bolete filter and mushroom expert pointed me to this species. Cool find!
Nearby confiers were pine and larch. Odor and taste much milder (not sour) than typical suillus. Not 100% on the ID of course but both the bolete filter and mushroom expert pointed me to this species. Cool find!
Spodoptera dolichos (Dolichos Armyworm Moth). Photographed at Hastings Drive, Norfolk County, Ontario on 26 October 2023. Having heard that Eric Giles had photographed one the previous evening at this site we decided to try our luck - with absolutely no guarantee of success. Amazingly two individuals were recorded - a very nice result! We thank Eric for letting us know about his record. Also known as Sweet Potato Armyworm Moth.
Trying to figure out what the orange growth(?) is on this Juncus.
Found in mesic sandy rich sugar maple forest.
Largest fronds approx. 1m long.
Hoping for verification. Same plant under observation over extended period of time, on private property, sandy loam, dry, seasonally flooded. Several other species of Spiranthes also documented on site.
in mature forest containing hemlock, full of temporary puddle during spring
I expected this species to be at this location, but I am happy to be able to confirm it
M.J. Oldham & D. Kirk 4091; specimen record, dupes at MICH 103695330, mjo, SAT0035554; identified as Paspalum setaceum by M.J. Oldham, ! (and var. muhlenbergii det.) A.A. Reznicek 1983; grassy edge of roadside ditch (S side of road); scattered clumps
at the base of a living Pinus strobus
top velvety and soft, pores bruise blue when touched
Not found fruiting in a cluster like is characteristic of these clubs, but not sure what else this might be.
Possibly horticultural yard waste. Possibly Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum. Opinions?
Dried specimens are at Ada Hayden Herbarium in Ames Iowa. Iowa State University.
Spores at 400X, 0 - 1 = 24.5 micron
Or another related taxon, a disjunct or possibly even an undescribed endemic to the great lakes according to Johnson (2016; i.e., "included is an uncommon small early-blooming variation (or separate species?) that is widely scattered at open bedrock barren sites (sometimes moist), including alvars. This begins to bloom in early to mid June, much earlier than any other Epilobium. The author feels that the possibility that this is E. leptocarpum or an unrecognized Great Lakes endemic species similar to it, has not been excluded. It is now generally subsumed under E.ciliatum. Krotkov claimed to have found E. leptocarpum at two locations, but the habitat was different from that stated above.
Average (5 years) first flowering of tiny unrecognized early “alvar” Epilobium June 12, earliest May 29 (northwards).
Observation made on a semi-disturbed wet alvar/marsh inclusion within a white cedar/pine conifer forest.
Likely the same taxon as these observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164998830
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70813947
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121679331
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165088930
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92792973
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81515913
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71611109
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28734529
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28734498
Same location as this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166670752
Growing in a shallow-soiled, calcareous meadow marsh alongside Carex viridula and Carex granularis.
About half of terminal spikes gynecandrous. Pistillte scales blunt.
Collected.
Developing fruit / samaras shown.
Some Ash rust on the leaf is shown in the last few photos