the tiniest mushroom-like structure, not sure I've seen anything like it before
could it be Polycephalomyces?
Unidentified beetles. Small, black, shiny. Eating Purple Loosestrife leaves.
low dead conifer twig in conifer swamp
medulla C+ red (but fading quickly so no picture)
I think the host was Ilex mucronata but could have been some other alternate-leaved wetland shrub - it was quite dead
Flowers five-merous, fruit a hooked achene. Leaves dimorphic, with surface leaves roughly ternately lobed and water leaves finely dissected
Locally abundant in high-quality areas of pine barrens
Less than a week after the first state record found by @alexgraeff. All awns <5mm; fruiting stage less advanced than sympatric E. virginicus; lower leaves short & senescing early; upper leaves erect or at least not spreading or drooping. Widely and sparsely scattered within 20 meters of river. Last photo is a comparison with E. virginicus (E. curvatus on right).
Collected. These coordinates were taken from my phone in the field.
The purple samaras are odd to me. Is this a common trait that I have overlooked? This tree growing on the edge of a wooded road near Lake Superior
the lighter green one in first and second photos
On Thuja in mature, shady, mixed swamp
Habitat, size, color suggest this over F. asagrayana, though unfortunately no bracts to examine to be certain of that differentiation
is this what old Trichia decipiens looks like?
will have to revisit next year to look for capsules!
Reaaalllly interesting occurrence on lower portion of dry sandstone bluff over Sturgeon River, only in spots where a loose accumulation of sand had formed from upslope erosion. Much better argument for nativity here than the other Michigan collection.
On Cardamine diphylla. No choice for Albugo hesleri yet on iNat, part of the species complex of candida but specific to diphylla.
Population found by Alex Graeff last year. Not a trace of pubescence anywhere