In granitic soil around lower north facing edge of stones. Common on Psora decipiens at this location.
Keyed to Stigmidium psorae using volume 2 of LGSDR:
Pseudothecia are immersed in upper cortex of thallus squamules, asci are broadly clavate, ascopores are mostly 1 or 2 septate with slight constriction at septal division, and have one droplet per cell.
possibly introduced
Foragers on packed soil of hiking path in open grassy area of desert Baccharis, Malosma, Quercus shrubland. Some carried pieces of dead grass stems, and appeared to be emerging from crevices in the path.
Nuttall’s with Fasciation!
“A malformation of plant stems commonly appearing as enlargement and flattening as if several stems were fused is called fasciation.”
This is James. James tried to catch fish. James swam in circles for roughly 8 minutes attempting to do so. The fish got away. James came back empty-billed. James failed.
Observed and photographed by my colleague Mike Morrison. A rare find usually associated with deep water in the tropics. This specimen was 3 m in length, 300 mm from spine to belly and 75-100mm thick and was estimated to weigh around 50 kg.
featuring thetidepooler's flashlight lighting
Someone found in their vent and want to id
Going with iNat’s suggestion. Identification help appreciated. I suspect that the globular white bodies and the stalked pinkish-tan hot dogs are different developmental stages of the same organism. On decaying coast live oak .
I believe that this is Big Berry Manzanita. There are a lot of this here, in the boundary of the Lake Fire from 2020.
Saturated soils on gentle SE facing slope.
Originally found by @nathantay
Thanks to @spifferella for posting and showing us the location.
The original poster was @nathantay
Thanks to @spifferella for posting and showing us the location.
The original poster was @nathantay
~800' elevation.
Prolific bloom in 1998 of the Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata), south side of the Dumont Dunes, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, CA. March 28 is a tentative date until I can get access to the film images.
These images were taken with an early generation Agfa? point and shoot digital camera, therefore the lack of quality! At least it's a record.... :-)
Amazing density which extended almost from the base of the dunes well into the flats. Heights of many of the plants were up to or maybe even more than 62" tall.
There used to be signs maybe along the base of the Dunes indicating that this was an ACEC but it may've been more to the east. I don't exactly remember now. Somehow I thought the base of south side of the dunes was not open to OHV's but maybe that was wishful thinking. :-)
This was prior to the advent of the current popularity of OHV's. Dumont Dunes was quiet back then, especially the south side since access at that time was only via 4WD & there weren't all that many on or off the road.
The diversity and density of wildflowers in this area was breathtaking. I'm not sure what the OHV impact might have done to this population and the other wildflowers which were prolific there as well, but the Desert Lily really seemed unique.
An undescribed perennial from the southern Sierra.
San Diego County, CA
Neat one. Kind of resembles G. clokeyi, but that has white pollinia, and a longer corolla tube relative to the calyx.
They do not care about tourists
The ground squirrel pups seemed to frequently stretch and sometimes yawn, as this one is doing.
Just amazing! Parasitizing Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) on an open slope of sand. Insitu, already exposed when found
Strange Calochortus. Does not fit well with C. weedii weedii. Several individuals from the same area included in these photos.
Sequoia ForestKeeper Wildflower Wednesday Walks
Cyrus Canyon, Weldon
Kern County, California
11 March 2015
Last pic my fingers are 2.5" across for scale, this guy was probably close to 5" wingspan
I've been fascinated for years by these gray to very pale pastel-green crustose lichens which often form patches and lateral bands on the trunks of Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) in frequently foggy parts of the CA Coast Ranges. (If you click the photo twice, the full-size image shows fairly good detail.) Sometimes the greenish-gray bands alternate with subtly mauve bands, and there are scattered black lichen "spots" [I don't know if the black spots are some sort of fruiting bodies or what...but they look very "disconnected" from one another, as if they're either erupting from beneath the gray-green and purplish thalli or produced by (or parasitic on?) them].
I initially noticed this "lichen pattern" on Coast Live Oaks, and presumed it constituted a coherent & consistent cluster of lichen species associated specifically with the bark of Quercus agrifolia. But I now think that was likely a neophyte's naive misconception...lichen are much more taxonomically diverse than I realized, and the nuances distinguishing taxa are quite subtle. I've since seen a similar "lichen pattern" on the bark of Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), and it may be present on other trees & shrubs. And there may be many other "lichen patterns" on Coast Live Oak that involve all sorts of combinations of species.
On host plant Microseris douglasii.
In the 3rd photo, the thumbnail is approx. 16.5 mm long. Using that as a reference scale and carefully measuring lengths in Photoshop (converting from pixels to mm) yields:
gall dimensions: 9.6 mm long x 7.7 mm wide
For the fruit of the Microseris:
cypsela length: 5 mm
pappus scale body length: 3.5 mm
pappus arista length: 4.6 mm
glowing under its own bioluminescence
Strong currents brought in a couple dozen juveniles over several days. Occurence was documented with Dr. Milton Love
Large arctic specimen, and typical small specimen, observed on a DFO Central and Arctic Region Greenland Halibut survey.
Juvenile; collected from FRV Kapala midwater trawl: station K77-19-01; seabed depth 145 m, capture depth 10-130 m. (AMS specimen I.20472-004).
Collected from FRV Kapala demersal trawl: station K91-09-11, depth 17 m. (AMS specimen I.32216-001).
Captured by FRV Kapala midwater trawl: station K85-12-11; seabed depth 360-370 m, capture depth 300-360 m.
Passeando pela praia hoje vimos essa criatura/peixe, que aparentemente antes de morrer estava tentando comer outro peixe. A questão é que não conseguimos identificar a espécie, ainda mais pelo tamanho e características da face que são bem peculiares.
Lembra um peixe espada mas não temos certeza pois ele tem características marcantes na face
residing near the surface in vertical orientation
not moving much - water too cold?
several streamers 0.75m long
In vicinity of a humpback whale carcass from 1yr ago.
Please note that some of these pictures are a bit gruesome.
There is a 30cm ruler for scale in one photo.
Here's a link to an article published in the ODT about this rarely seen species: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/video-unique-porpoise-washes-peninsula
Note that Tama's name is misspelled in the article - it's Taita, not Taiti!
And here's a link to a video about the autopsy, which indicated that it was dead before the shark bites occurred: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7401sghuU0c