zitserm's Favorites
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus SpongiporusObserver
zitsermDescription
Very small pores. Caps about 3.5 cm in diameter
Finely pubescent, white to dirty white, very thin caps.
Growing on a recently fallen Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)
I took a cap home and noticed that the pores stained brownish the next day
Photos / Sounds
What
Rosette Lichen (Physcia millegrana)Observer
zitsermDescription
Pink and teal colored. On a stone building at the cemetery
Photos / Sounds
What
Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)Observer
zitsermDescription
The sound of seeds rattling in my hand is attached.
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
zitsermDescription
He climbed up the utility pole and crossed the street on the electricity cables
Photos / Sounds
What
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)Observer
zitsermDescription
It looked like a very old Sassafras. The bark had very thick plates.
Photos / Sounds
What
Tribe TyphlocybiniObserver
zitsermDescription
On the trunk of a large Tulip tree
Photos / Sounds
What
Magnolias (Genus Magnolia)Observer
zitsermDescription
Scratched twigs are very aromatic - the smell reminds me of eucalyptus
Photos / Sounds
What
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)Observer
zitsermDescription
This bird spent a few minutes looking for insects on an old Kentucky coffeetree
Photos / Sounds
What
Hedgehog Gall Wasp (Acraspis erinacei)Observer
sbrobesonDescription
on Quercus alba
Photos / Sounds
What
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)Observer
zitsermDescription
The rusty upper canopy seen in the distance.
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)Observer
zitsermDescription
This chipmunk was very curious about me, and I was very curious about him.
Photos / Sounds
What
Knotweeds, Smartweeds, and Waterpeppers (Genus Persicaria)Observer
zitsermDescription
Seeds. In a Pinus strobus stand, surrounded by Bidens, Rubus etc
Photos / Sounds
What
Family GomphaceaeObserver
infopetalDescription
growing on dirt, slight fruity smell
Photos / Sounds
What
Common Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)Observer
zitsermDescription
It appears that in this cold weather (Dec 5, 2023 today), many of the flower petals have turned either white or purplish pink, neither of which are the typical colors I'm used to seeing on these wildflowers.
Photos / Sounds
What
Red Oaks (Section Lobatae)Observer
zitsermDescription
Pale tan tufts of hairs in the leaf vein axils on the lower leaf surface. C-shaped sinuses.
Little blister like galls on leaves are shown in the last few photos
Photos / Sounds
What
Uromyces lineolatusObserver
zitsermDescription
On Java water-dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)
Possibly Uromyces lineolatus, which has been reported on Oenanthe aquatica.
Photos / Sounds
What
Large Chicory Aphid (Uroleucon cichorii)Observer
zitsermDescription
On Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
According to this paper, U. cichorii hasn't been recorded in the USA.
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.1079/cabicompendium.55802
https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Uroleucon_cichorii_large_chicory_aphid.htm
Photos / Sounds
What
Spotted Spurge (Euphorbia maculata)Observer
zitsermDescription
By the two London plane trees
Two plants are present here
Glabrous stems and glabrous fruit
Seeds shown. The seeds were tiny, with a diameter less than 1 mm
Photos / Sounds
What
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica)Observer
zitsermDescription
A plant with runners, growing on the wall, about 13-14 feet from the ground.
Photos / Sounds
What
Plantain Mildew (Golovinomyces sordidus)Observer
zitsermDescription
A large number of brown and yellow chasmothecia on the leaf underside - powdery layer on the upper leaf surface
Photos / Sounds
What
Viburnum Leaf Spot (Boeremia exigua var. viburni)Observer
zitsermDescription
Leaf spot on Viburnum prunifolium
Photos / Sounds
What
Viburnum Leaf Spot (Boeremia exigua var. viburni)Observer
zitsermDescription
On Viburnum prunifolium
Photos / Sounds
What
Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
beniiiiiDescription
Host: Zelkova serrata
Photos / Sounds
What
Cherry Leaf Spot (Blumeriella jaapii)Observer
susanhewittDescription
Leaf spot on cherry tree.
Photos / Sounds
What
Fraxinus Sect. Melioides (Section Melioides)Observer
zitsermDescription
Next to a Tree-of-heaven, on the Hudson River bank
Photos / Sounds
What
Tribe DiaspidiniObserver
zitsermDescription
On a twig of a sickly Amur corktree
Photos / Sounds
What
Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
zitsermDescription
Black spherical fruit bodies on the seed capsule of Hibiscus syriacus
Photos / Sounds
Observer
zitsermDescription
At a salt marsh, on Sporobolus alterniflorus
https://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5114032
https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-abstract/67/1/40/73048?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Photos / Sounds
What
Bigtooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata)Observer
zitsermDescription
Some interesting lobes on the young leaves. Leaves have white velvety abaxial surfaces
Photos / Sounds
Observer
zitsermDescription
On Prunus serotina
Maybe Podosphaera clandestina or something else
Photos / Sounds
Observer
zitsermDescription
Powdery mildew on Symphyotrichum (possibly
S. lanceolatum)
Photos / Sounds
What
Rouleau's Poplar (Populus × rouleauiana)Observer
gpalermoDescription
We interpret this poplar to be Populus × rouleauiana. Hundreds of trees and sprouts. Trees 35-40 ft tall. The largest tree is multi-trunked, the largest trunk measuring about 18” in diameter at breast height. This hybrid species is described on the Native Plant Trust’s Go Botany web page for Populus alba. https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/populus/alba/
Leaves toward the apex of the shoot have grayish-white tomentose undersides. The leaf shape is suggestive of P. grandidentata but with some suggestion of lobation, and some of the petiole cross sections are much narrower than tall.
Photos / Sounds
What
Dwarf Earth Moss (Acaulon muticum)Observer
gpalermoDescription
This is the first US iNaturalist observation east of California for this species. It’s hard to know whether it’s rare or just unnoticed because of its minuscule size. @margaretcurtin and I spent a fair amount of time on our hands and knees hunting for it at the Polly Hill Arboretum yesterday. We thought we would have a good chance of finding it there because we knew that the late, noted bryologist Norton Miller had collected a specimen from somewhere on the Arboretum grounds in 2005. There are records of two older collections of this species from Massachusetts, both dating from the 1800s.
Photos / Sounds
Observer
zitsermDescription
@susanhewitt Do you recognize these scale insects? I saw the same ones I think in a different section of Alley Pond park covering the trunks of two Catalpa saplings. In this case, it’s a White mulberry sapling.
https://blog.irontreeservice.com/insect-profiles-white-prunicola-scale-pseudaulalacaspis-prunicola/
Photos / Sounds
What
Ceriporia purpureaObserver
zitsermDescription
On a decorticated, fallen London plane tree limb (Platanus occidentalis)
KOH reaction purple
Photos / Sounds
What
Common Pinmould (Mucor mucedo)Observer
rumplekDescription
Host: dried up muffin. 11 days past expiration date.
Photos / Sounds
What
American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)Observer
joedziewaDescription
a little Vitis was mixed in, the tendril in 3rd image
Photos / Sounds
What
Buttercup Oil Beetle (Meloe americanus)Observer
joedziewaDescription
Blister beetle, ouch! Well, no blisters from a crush, but the nibbles between the fingers hurt a little.(I had it coming)
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus)Observer
zitsermDescription
What looks like a tunnel and some burrows
Chipmunk?
Photos / Sounds
What
Powdery Mildews (Family Erysiphaceae)Observer
zitsermDescription
Powdery mildew on Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Photos / Sounds
What
Beggarticks (Genus Bidens)Observer
zitsermDescription
The seeds stuck to me like ticks. It took forever to pick them all off.
Photos / Sounds
What
Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)Observer
zitsermDescription
A flower emerging from a bud on November 7th
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)Observer
joedziewaDescription
husk at base of tree
Photos / Sounds
What
Bonnets (Genus Mycena)Observer
zitsermDescription
A tiny mycenoid mushroom, with a cap diameter only 2 or 3 mm. The stem was hair like and long, maybe three inches long.
Photos / Sounds
What
Ceramic Parchment (Xylobolus frustulatus)Observer
zitsermDescription
Beautiful golden guttation. The fruit bodies were on the underside of a wet decaying piece of wood
Photos / Sounds
What
Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies (Order Lamiales)Observer
zitsermDescription
Possibly Canadian lousewort
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus MollisiaObserver
sigridjakobDescription
Mollisia aurantioviolascens nom prov color reaction of asci in KOH
Photos / Sounds
What
Genus NeuroterusObserver
zitsermDescription
Galls on the lower leaf surface of Quercus alba
