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Denuded Dicranodontium Moss (Dicranodontium denudatum)Observer
shaunpogacnik95
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Emerald Dewdrops (Ephemerum spinulosum)Observer
klipsDescription
Is this Ohio's smallest plant? At 0.6 mm, the dark bowling-ball sporophyte in the center of this wee little rosette of leaves is, I would wager, smaller than whatever water-meal (genus Wollfia) that's credited with being our smallest flowering plant. This is a moss, Ephemerum spinulosum, found yesterday, December 7, 2018 at Waterman Agriculture and Natural Resources Laboratory Complex in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
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Brown Peatmoss (Sphagnum fuscum)Observer
shaunpogacnik95Description
S. fuscum?
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Alga-like Matted-Moss (Serpoleskea confervoides)Observer
shaunpogacnik95Description
Everything seems to match for this habitat and appearance wise. Will upload more microscope pictures later.
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Reticulate-seeded Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata)Observer
shaunpogacnik95Description
Euphorbia obtusata
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shaunpogacnik95Description
On a handful of large silver maple trees in deep vernal pools of a flood plain.
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Allegheny Mountain Buttercup (Ranunculus allegheniensis)Observer
shaunpogacnik95Description
A nice spot by @the_land_philosopher
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Orange-Yellow Rusts (Genus Puccinia)Observer
shaunpogacnik95Description
On Carex grayi
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heelsplitterDescription
Growing erumpent through a dead, fallen Phytolacca americana stem. All structures inamyloid. Paraphyses hyaline. Asci 8-spored. Spores hyaline. filiform, multiseptate and not disarticulating. Spores 1.9 – 2.9 µm broad (10 measured).
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tcurtisDescription
Lichenicolous on necrotic tissue of Punctelia missouriensis. Apothecia erumpent
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
tcurtisDescription
Photobiont coccoid
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Script Lichens and Allies (Family Graphidaceae)Observer
tcurtisDescription
Spores hyaline, 4-celled, 8/ascus; ascomata tiny, up to 1/3 mm in diameter
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
tcurtisDescription
Spores small, simple, hyaline; yellow arrow indicating apothecium
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Chinese Hemlock-Parsley (Conioselinum chinense)Observer
rroutledgeDescription
Conioselinum chinense potentially via quick keying; hydric soil
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Nesolechia oxysporaObserver
janie_cDescription
On Punctelia rudecta. Spores 16x6
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janie_cDescription
On Punctelia rudecta. Spores 12x6, KI- (after K in 2nd pic, after I in 3rd pic)
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Synarthonia hodgesiiObserver
mhodges1957Description
Parasitic on Graphis lineola thalli, growing on Myrica cerifera bark
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Thinleaf Late Purple Aster (Symphyotrichum phlogifolium)Observer
shaunpogacnik95
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PrivateDescription
Growing within 10 ft of 2 Prairie fringed orchid. someone pointed out that it could be the Platanthera leucophaea x lacera hybrid. was quite robust for the P. lacera Im use to seeing. Ohio.
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Flat-spiked Sedge (Carex planispicata)Observer
tomarbourDescription
flat-spiked sedge (Carex planispicata) I.D. By R.L. Gardner
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Blue Ridge Sedge (Carex lucorum)Observer
the_buckeye_botanistDescription
Note the long beaks on the perigynia. Growing in association with similar C. pensylvanica, too.
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Appalachian Phacelia (Phacelia dubia)Observer
the_buckeye_botanistDescription
At its only known site in Ohio. Curiously not known from Kentucky just across the Ohio River.
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samuelbrinkerDescription
Spores Physcia-type; 16x8 microns. Det. John Sheard
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carl-adamDescription
Spores 17-20um, 6 per acus?. Psoroglaena abscondita. A parasite on algae at the base of an Ulmus americana in a swamp. k-, c-. I couldn't get a decent cross section so apothecia is somewhat dissected. See Kubiak 2003. Seems to be more septate than described 3-4 this one is up to 5.
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ahuerecaDescription
en Lobaria pulmonaria. Ambos nuevos registros para el Estado
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ahuerecaDescription
On Xanthoparmelia sp.
This species is well characterized by its ramified to net-like, single stranded hyphal strands spreading over the thallus and conecting with the apothecia.
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ahuerecaDescription
16-21 x 4 microns 1-3 septa
epihymenium red-brown K+ purple
Thallus bullate redish brown
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kkellmanDescription
On bark of Monterey Cypress along Cypress Grove trail. Photobiont = Trentepohlia
Spores 24-31 x 7.5, hyaline, 3 septate, often curved one side, fusiform.
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Enterographa bellaObserver
pjd1Description
Common - but mostly poorly developed (and seemingly being attacked by a lichenicolous fungus) on the leaves of kiekie (Freycinetia banksii).
Voucher: P.J. de Lange 14356, A. Marshall & D.J. Blanchon, UNITEC 10592
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Crusty Firedot Lichen (Gyalolechia xanthostigmoidea)Observer
ahuerecaDescription
Thallus K- Yellow soredia K+ purple; Sterile
