Young galls on the same tree as last year. I will be checking in on their development through the season. Since I collected what I presume to be all of the galls at this site last year I suspect that these ones spent last summer still in diapause and have just popped now. I’ll be collecting these galls in late June for further rearing.
The saga continues @bstarzomski
Extracted from moss on a low tree branch in bog, via Berlese funnel. Identified with help of @dccopley
UID 34, 1827.1 Habitat: on trunk; Bark texture: rough; Height above ground(m): 15.8
1826.1, UID 34 Habitat: on trunk; Bark texture: rough; Height above ground(m): 15.8
"Microlejeunea acutifolia is characterized by elongate leaves with an obtuse or
acute tip, entire leaf margins, flat ventral margin of the leaf lobe, and crenate keel." gradstein 2021
note: Underleaves present seperates from cololejeunea. Plants 0.28mm wide. acute leaf tips, crenate lobule keel
2152.1 UID 24
Habitat: on trunk; Bark texture: rough; Height above ground(m): 12.44
note: decurved lobules with large laminar section, undulate lobes and underleaves
1900.1 UID 9
Habitat: on branch; Bark texture: smooth; Height above ground(m): 15.9
1989.1 uid 28
Habitat: on trunk; Bark texture: flaking; Height above ground(m): 4.8
Drepanolejeunea cf, anoplantha
Same individual - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206356244
Liard Hotsprings Provincial Park, BC
Collected by @thomasbarbin.
Original record photos here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82465437
On the Rathtrevor Provincial Park sign
Seems like a really good candidate for R. nigrella, will have to update later.
Two thalli on fallen spruce branch
Our first look at H. sitchensis on the peninsula. On one of the first few large sitkas we checked, leaning out of the forest over the beach. This area is open but fairly sheltered from wind, directly below a swathe of big firs beloved by eagles that regularly visit the nearby stream to bathe. Around 5 ft off ground level, on a live defoliated branch maybe 20mm diameter. Thallus was facing ground, substrate branch was positioned behind some fully foliated branches that were suspended over the beach itself. Second pic by @aiva.
Confirmation ID by @eullstrom!
1 thalli on spruce branch
On scapania bolanderi and Dicranum
Not sure if Lepidoderma later in development or something else entirely. On Scapania bolanderi on Abies
Likely radula but collected just in case. On riverbank holodiscus? No- On Physcocarpus
Specimen collected by @thyg. Original posting here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185994469
On Heracleum maximum at 2000m
Leafminer on Conium maculatum
Found washed up on Brady’s beach. Pretty sure it was dead but it was opening/closing it’s mouth and twitching so we put it back in the water.
Duplicate to show leaf detail. Leaf is 14 mm long.
Over soil and duff
On Homalothecium fulgescens on oak.
lichen miner on Peltigera same as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201503149
lichen miner on Peltigera duplicated from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148212996
On silty bank of Fraser River. Derby Reach Regional Park, Fort Langley, BC, Canada
The only Boreus species recorded from Vancouver Island. ID'd on Bug Guide by Ben Coulter:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/492658#3637618
Alpine rock forming cushion
In cups of Polytrichum juniperinum
Very thin soil over exposed granite. Leaves 2-3mm, Costa 50-75um wide at base. Not entirely convinced by the basal marginal cells, but the basal juxtacostal cells and the costa seem good for microcarp.
@fmcghee - legitimately shocked to see you haven't already posted this
on planted rhododendron beside parking lot
New popn (as far as I'm aware). Habitat is typical saline pond bank in transition zone where Distichlis ends and Artemesia begins
It was bright pink in person
unlabeled and somewhat incomplete life cycle diagram for Neckera menziesii.
On thin soil. Vigour.
The meadow is waking up!!
Composite showing habit, leaves and cilia for all three species of Ptilidium found in BC.
Duplicate observation for plate.
A. Micrograph showing entire gametophyte. Shoot is 3.2 mm tall.
B. Habitat shot showing large conifer tip-up above seasonal pool formed by root divot.
C. Individuals on oxidized, sandy soil under UV light.
D. Detail of gametophytes under daylight.
E. Individual gametophyte isolated in daylight. Shoot is 2.5 mm tall.
On rock with last photo showing it next to lookalike isothecium (?)
w/ calcareous peridium. or whatever the outer wall is called. On dead alder twig
1885, UID 14
Habitat: on branch; Bark texture: smooth; Height above ground(m): 13.5
Leaves concave, costa sub percurrent, leaves with hairpoint, cells not papillose.
Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, BC
Gametophytes, previously reported from this stump. Far smaller than I realized!
Step 1: Consult the iNat app from Port Alberni to confirm the location in a last-second plan before driving to Kennedy Lake.
Step 2: Walk the access road, find a small trail in the right area, and walk until my location dot on the iNat map matches the middle of the cluster of sightings.
Step 3: Spend at least 10 minutes searching the nearby forest for a stump matching the ones in the photos.
Step 4: After finding the right stump, spend another solid 10 minutes in miniature world searching the stump for the ferns, including going back to the photos several times for every clue I could find!
I thought I was looking for something larger, but the biggest ones were only about 2mm in size. Even more fun than Botrychium searches ;-) And I must say, I only saw them through the iPhone lens/screen, as they were too small to really see unassisted.
Now that I've seen them once (with all this tech help), hopefully I can find more!
331 on wet wood
In Bazzania trilobata in bog.
on shaded rock wall in forest 1388
Lichen on peaty pank over rock 425
I am quite literally begging anybody with experience with amphipods to help me ID this because MAN it was cool to see! Scroll through to photo #2 for a close up of the amphipod in question.
Watched this dipper catch amphipods in a semi marine environment where xwesam (Roberts Creek) runs into the ocean. Honestly, would consider going back and diving here just to find out what these are.
Spotted by. @bstarzomski over DOM and bryophytes
On clay bank adjacent river. Terrible photo but sample taken