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London Plane (Platanus × hispanica)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Seed ball/infructescence reduced to its constituent parts...
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Sidewalk Firedot (Xanthocarpia feracissima)Observer
maria_avanzatoDescription
On rock. I am not sure! It’s hard to tell.
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Rinodina tephraspisObserver
zihaowangDescription
On serpentinite boulder; with pictures of spores.
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Alpine Brown Sunken Disk Lichen (Bellemerea alpina)Observer
evanescent_asciDescription
On rock under old-growth manzanita, south-facing, lots of sun but dappled shade.
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Round Hornwort (Notothylas orbicularis)Observer
polarblairxDescription
Found growing on disturbed soil next to a trail in the Great Swamp
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kzoebelDescription
Galls present on the left side. Infecting Phaeophyscia rubropulchra.
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Small-flowered Pearlwort (Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens)Observer
zihaowangDescription
Seeds reticulate with grooves; leaves with apiculi; fruits longer than sepals; glabrous througout; petals much shorter than sepals, 5-merous
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Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris fragilis)Observer
novapatchDescription
Fertile fronds on stone wall.
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novapatchDescription
32 × 32 mm blue-gray thallus on Pinus mugo var. mughus (S07-39) with Flavoparmelia caperata
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Dusty Cobblestone Lichen (Acarospora americana)Observer
cefreeburyDescription
On acidic rock. Specimen collected 2009-09-12; photos shot in lab 2010-03-25. Det. K. Knudsen, 2010.
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tayloriaDescription
blue apothecia of Mniaecia jungermanniae on Cephalozia bicuspidata
@georgeg: thank you!
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Eastern Raccoon (Procyon lotor ssp. lotor)Observer
novapatchDescription
box full of raccoons!
feral cat feeding station
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Ropalospora viridisObserver
zihaowangDescription
On wild red maple tree, Staten Island
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Forcipated Pincerwort (Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens)Observer
zihaowangDescription
In bog in Staten Island; bracts with 4 lobes or more; clusters of gemmae at branch tips.
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zihaowangDescription
At a wet pond edge. Not sure, it doesn't look too similar to the online pictures of Bryoandersonia. But I don't know other options. What looked like terminal spines are present on the costae; axillary hairs present; margins sometimes revolute; leaves strongly concave; mid-leaf cells not very long.
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Sunken Button Lichen (Buellia spuria)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
thallus K+ y to r. spores not examined.
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Sulphur Firedot (Gyalolechia flavovirescens)Observer
novapatchDescription
18 × 16 mm thallus with apothecia ≤0.5 mm on brownstone, K+ purple
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Red Tasselflower (Emilia fosbergii)Observer
zihaowangDescription
Growing in a tree pit with other weeds
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Black Sheet Lichen (Parmotrema reticulatum)Observer
novapatchDescription
6 × 8 cm thallus, upper surface K+ yellow, medulla K+ yellow turning red, on trunk bark of Quercus tree
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Variable Brown Dotlets (Lecidea varians)Observer
novapatchDescription
20 × 7 mm thallus with apothecia ≤0.2 mm on bark of Prunus serrulata ‘Kanzan’ (E40-17)
immediately above the same species with different thallus texture and apothecia color: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75247120
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Variable Brown Dotlets (Lecidea varians)Observer
novapatchDescription
apothecia ≤0.2 mm on bark of Prunus serrulata ‘Kanzan’ (E40-17)
immediately below the same species with different thallus texture and apothecia color: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75247119
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Powdery-margined Cryptic Shade Lichen (Physciella chloantha)Observer
xrisDescription
on cherry
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
Verrucaria? On siliceous portion of rock wall. It's not Acarospora fuscata.
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Genus AthalliaObserver
novapatchDescription
on Gymnocladus dioicus tree with Xanthoria parietina 📷
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novapatchDescription
host to lichenicolous fungus Athelia arachnoidea 📷 on brownstone mausoleum (Young 1857) with a gray crustose lichen 📷
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Cobweb Duster (Athelia arachnoidea)Observer
novapatchDescription
lichenicolous fungus on an orange crustose lichen 📷 on brownstone mausoleum (Young 1857)
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
novapatchDescription
on brownstone mausoleum (Young 1857) with an orange crustose lichen 📷
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Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Breaking and entering, that is, eating, a black willow bud.
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Sunken Disk Lichens (Genus Aspicilia)Observer
novapatchDescription
on top of stone wall
pictured damp after rain
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Asa Gray's Scalewort (Frullania asagrayana)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
on Quercus alba
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Powdery Goldspeck (Candelariella efflorescens)Observer
carl-adamDescription
With Myriolecis sambuci
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Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)Observer
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there is a row of 16 kentucky coffeetrees planted on the east side of the park, which opened in 2014
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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)Observer
xrisDescription
Mimus polyglottos, northern mockingbird, in Ilex verticillata in my backyard, February 2021
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Sarchgyne Lichen (Sarcogyne clavus)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
PLACEHOLDER: apothecia over 1 mm; hypothecium brown. Awaiting verification.
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Fringed Rosette Lichen (Physcia tenella)Observer
novapatchDescription
on marble gravestone
New Moon Mycology Summit 2019, day 4: Thurman Baptist Cemetery
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Common Thelia (Thelia hirtella)Observer
zihaowangDescription
On tree bark near base.
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Mealy Speckled Shield Lichen (Punctelia missouriensis)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
On pyrus. likely an import from southern state, but there is a significant amount of it.
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Smooth Shadow-crust Lichen (Hyperphyscia syncolla)Observer
novapatchDescription
on Cornus florida bark
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)Observer
matthew_willsDescription
Swimming with eyes under water in the shallows.
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Bottlebrush Frost Lichen (Physconia detersa)Observer
novapatchDescription
Green 10 × 10 cm thallus with marginal linear soralia containing whitish soredia becoming darker and granular centrally, lobe tips bluish-white pruinose above and white below with black rhizines, growing on trunk bark of Acer sp. in front yard of Woodstock Laundry; pictured wet.
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Frosted Lichens (Genus Physconia)Observer
susanhewittDescription
???
On a stone wall.
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Dark Shadow Lichen (Phaeophyscia sciastra)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
on siliceous gravestone. Less than a US nickel in diameter
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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)Observer
xrisDescription
Mimus polyglottos, Northern mockingbird, in Ilex verticillata in my backyard, January 2021
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Goldspeck Lichens (Genus Candelariella)Observer
cbarronDescription
Top of wooden post used as guard rail along road.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
zihaowangDescription
On lichens on street tree bark.
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Peg Lichen (Cladonia subcariosa)Observer
donreckliesDescription
on a sandy eroded slope in Long Pond Park, Staten Island; note the divisions in the second photo are 1mm.
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Two-ranked Moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceum)Observer
zihaowangDescription
Leaf asymmetric; basal lamina cells pitted; propagula present; on a soil mount in a swamp.
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Ciliate Hoarmoss (Hedwigia ciliata)Observer
zihaowangDescription
On tree bark.
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Mealy Shadow Lichen (Phaeophyscia orbicularis)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
1st time finding it here. completely black lower surface. Marble gravestone. ID verified by James Hinds (by photo).
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Mealy Cryptic Shade Lichen (Physciella melanchra)Observer
agave6_tomwalkerDescription
pale lower surface. ID by James Hinds (by photo). cement
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Woolly Alder Aphid (Prociphilus tessellatus)Observer
xrisDescription
Ice meadows, Hudson River, Nature Conservancy, Warrensburg, Warren County, NY, October 2020
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Firedot Lichen (Athallia holocarpa)Observer
novapatchDescription
Nonvisible crustose thallus, crowded apothecia with dark orange disks and slightly paler margins, growing on exposed wood of Morus alba ‘Pendula’ cemetery tree along west side of Battle Avenue between Bay View and Landscape Avenues; close-up ×17.
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Lesser Smoothcap (Atrichum angustatum)Observer
zihaowangDescription
On root soil mound of a fallen tree.
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Golden Moonglow Lichen (Dimelaena oreina)Observer
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18 × 18 mm thallus on gravestone
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Golden Moonglow Lichen (Dimelaena oreina)Observer
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colony of 11 × 11, 8 × 8, 11 × 11, and 3 × 4 mm thalli on gravestone
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Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta)Observer
xrisDescription
NYC-Native Hypoxis hirsuta, yellow star-grass, blooming in my front yard, April 2016
