On rock/boulder along path.
It jumped away when touched I assume it was a leafhopper. Was tiny about the size of a flax seed.
3 individuals present, started flying 7 minutes after sunset. One of them had a distinctive cut in its right wing. Appeared to be uniformly brown in the field.
I’ve included some blurry photos along with the good ones, not sure which might be useful for the iD.
Please let me know which photos I should delete.
I was under the impression I was taking pictures of elf orphine and it was brought to my attention that this one is actually Puck’s Orphine. Quite the surprise! I was already excited about the elf and now puck? Cool!
Berberine fluorescent yellow in 365 nanometer UV light
On bark.
On fallen branch. Underside black.
[EDIT, 11 August 2023: After finding on Rocky River an example of Placynthium nigrum with only its black prothallus yet with numerous black-rimmed black-disced apothecia, yet lower down with the muddy-green thallus atop the prothallus, did I eventually realize that all my Vahliella hookerioides observations were in fact Placynthium nigrum!]
This is the only species of Vahliella with a black apothecium.
This specimen is rather desiccated. In hydrated condition the thallus is of olive-green hue. Hydrated example at same location, same day: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166448585
Blue growth Invisible to naked eye, used strongest magnification of microscope attachment on eye phone. Blue spheres seem to be surrounded by black.
The growth is on concrete overpass. Concrete was very hot and dry.
Assuming it’s a lichen. Notice the light sky blue spots surround by solid black which seem to be surrounded by tiny white specks. Photo taken with a 15x smartphone macro lens zoomed in tight.
This is one of the dark discolorations on a concrete overpass. Stilesboro road over Alatoona Creek. So tiny that I could not see anything but the discoloration splotch and took a photo anyway. Very surprised to see the blue and details once home. I will return with measuring device. Hopefully better photos as well.
@mhodges1957 I haven’t a clue on this one. Can you point me in a direction?
Found this while hiking in Fort Mountain State Park in Georgia. The app suggested pixie cup lichen. I would greatly appreciate more input.
On a large White Pine, Pinus strobus.
Spoon-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia) growing on barren granite rock, beside a wave or rain-filled pool, beside Lake Huron, near the lighthouse at Killarney, Ontario, July 16/06.
Wolf among the lichens. I didn’t see him until he moved.
iPad acting wonky, not showing first comments I made so I reposted. No I can’t delete the repeat.
iPhone couldn’t focus. Orange head, can’t see antennae
On boulderon boulder
Focus is on the tiny green lichen. On fallen branch.
Fallen tree branch