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Life (Life)Observer
lindsey11Description
This blob like organism was self propelled (no cillia or flagella). It surrounded different substances and engulfed them for food.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
lindsey11Description
This fungus was growing on one side of a tree. It was white and arranged in "shelves" or "steps"
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Genus PleurotaeniumObserver
lindsey11Description
This organism had two sections. It was rectangular and clear.
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Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)Observer
lindsey11Description
This plant was growing on the forest floor. It was sprouting from underneath the decaying leaves.
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Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)Observer
lindsey11Description
This Lady's slipper was growing in a mainly pine section of the forest. It had base leaves, but had not yet grown a stalk or flowers.
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Observer
lindsey11Description
There were two of these protists in a pond water sample. They moved very quickly around the slide. Each had a single flagella, and an internal green mass.
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Desmid (Order Zygnematales)Observer
lindsey11Description
The algae was found in the pond water samples. There were at least five of these observed on every slide.
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Genus MicrasteriasObserver
lindsey11Description
The desmid (algae) was found in a sample of gunky pond water. It moved a tiny bit but mainly remained stationary. The class found many of these.
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
lindsey11Description
The black mold was growing on the side of a small oak tree. It was dense in concentration but the infected area was only about three inches long.
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)Observer
lindsey11Description
There were two of these birds foraging in the grass next to the school parking lot. They were calling back and forth to each other. Earlier this month these birds were seen with a nest, but it was destroyed.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
lindsey11Description
This mushroom was found half covered by leaves. While its stalk and underneath was a whitish grey, the top of the mushroom was a light bluish grey color. The mushroom was about three inches tall and four inches in diameter.
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Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)Observer
lindsey11Description
This frog was found in the creek. It was hiding along the bank, and jumped into the water when I came near. I found three overall but was only able to catch the one.
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Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)Observer
lindsey11Description
The frog was found jumping in a deciduous forest. It otherwise blended in with its surroundings.
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Genus LamprodermaObserver
lindsey11Description
The fungi was found underneath of a log (from an oak tree). There was only a very small amount, and it took up about a cubic centimeter in total volume. It had thin black stems each with a black head of spores. Photo credit: Kathy Richardson
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Greenbriers (Genus Smilax)Observer
lindsey11Description
The briars had waxy, light green leaves. They had thorns aproximately 1 cm in length, and curly tendrils used to grasp onto other plants.
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Observer
lindsey11Description
Poison-ivy was found both on the edges of the forest and throughout the forest. It was scattered in location, but grew thickly where it was present. Of course, I made sure not to touch it!
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Observer
lindsey11Description
The larvae was found in a freshwater stream, underneath a rock. It has six legs, large eyes, and three long tail-like protrusions from its behind.
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American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)Observer
lindsey11Description
The toad was found deep in the woods, and blended in with the leaves littered on the forest floor. It looks like a several year old female. When picked up, it secreted white ooze from its glands. Photo credit: Kathy Richardson
