Berberine fluorescent yellow in 365 nanometer UV light
I’ve never seen this before so I’m just selecting what inat suggested.
Identified by Art Gilman. Tetraploid. Hybrid between 3x P. connectilis + 1x some other parent (but not P. hexagonoptera). Triangular pinnules on (some) second pinnae.
Rugg Brook watershed (St. Albans)
Rugg Brook watershed (St. Albans)
Fruiting on small diameter hardwood log. Very small (1-2mm) spines on underside. Slowly bruising smoky grey around cap edge and on underside with handling.
Rare in our area; note in pic (to distinguish from E. arvense):
1) white-margined (vs. black-tipped) sheath teeth
2) scabrous stem
3) more sheath teeth (than E. arvense)
4) deltoid (triangular) branch teeth
This population grows with E. arvense and E. sylvaticum. It has never been observed to be sexually reproductive( to have a spore-bearing cone). I wonder if it could be a hybrid.
More info to distinguish from E. arvense here https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/stevendaniel
At Lucy Mallary Bugbee Natural Area
A wetland off Duclos Rd (Forest Road 298) in the Green Mountain National Forest (known location)
At Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Flowers and leaves on the same stem; spurs not as long as Viola rostrata
Eubranchipus bundyi — male with antenna —
previously identified as bundyi (the only similar VT option) as found at this vernal pool.
Numerous today.
I didn't realize the Mad River had this kind of diversity. What a cool tree!
Fruiting from moth pupa buried in rotting wood.
Fruiting from moth pupa buried in decaying wood.
Best guess but could be wrong, cap was mottled light brown with dark brown splotches and a slightly darker ring of color around the margin. Found growing from a piece of wood, presumably hardwood in a densely mossy area of mixed forest. Spore print was dark purple.
Yearling and first snake of the year.