Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Stalked yellow cups growing off of dead Cephalozia, Riccardia and Scapania spotted by @bradenjudson. Read about a deer urine loving fungus and wondered if this could be it as it was on a urine patch
Specimen deposited at Canadian Museum of Nature. PARATYPE: CMNC 1985-0156. Florencia Bay, NW end (original description "Wreck Bay"); intertidal, sand pools, boulders, mouth of stream. Collected by Edward L. Bousfield.
Specimen deposited at the Canadian Museum of Nature: PARATYPE: CMNC 1987-0364. Thanksgiving Cave, cave pools, streamway below main entrance. Collected by Patrick D. Shaw.
UID 16, 1881.2
Habitat: on branch; Bark texture: smooth; Height above ground(m): 15.6
"Cololejeunea gracilis (subg. Aphanolejeunea) is a very small and common epiphyll
(less than 0.4 mm wide) with mostly reduced, linear leaves with toothed margins." Gradstein 2021
corticolous on Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
epiphytic on shoreline Picea sitchensis
Observed during authorized visit; site closed to public access
epiphytic on Quercus garryana
On driftwood breakwater (erect logs)
abundant on several old growth Pseudotsuga
I am not sure if this requires too much of a leap of faith for the identification. It visually matches this species very well, but I know there are some species that look similar. There is no ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) in the area, but there is shore pine (P. contorta var. contorta). This species is known to infest other pines, including lodgepole pine (of which shore pine is a variety).
Habitat hypersaline lake.
Image 1 - Male, dorsal view.
Image 2 - Female, dorsal view.
Image 3 - Male head, frontal view, showing the distal segments of the second antennae to be i) flat, ii) broadly triangular, iii) with pointed apices directed medially.
Image 4 - Habitat.
The major solution salt in this lake is sodium carbonate (Cummings, J.M. 1940. Saline and Hydromagnesite Deposits of British Columbia, Bulletin No. 4. BC Dept of Mines: 160pp)
Seemed pottiaceous at the time. @astorey_botany
On river/lake bank of moist mineral soil
New popn (as far as I'm aware). Habitat is typical saline pond bank in transition zone where Distichlis ends and Artemesia begins
Tentative. Over seeping rock of cliff.
Spores 122.5 um in diameter. Second population in Canada. Confirmed by Linda Ley. 420 km from nearest population.
lichenicolous fungi? on Peltigera
@cwardrop ??? Amongst mylia-like thing on mineral soil bank along drainage.
From herbarium specimen collected by Worley & Hamilton, May 25, 1968
"Wet mud in water course sloping muskeg, semi-open, Elev. abt. 1800'
San Juan Bautista I.
S.W. of Craig,
55 26' N- 133 16' W."
With Scapania bolanderi, Pleurozium schreberi, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, and Hylocomium splendens in moist and shaded enclave formed by boulders. A few shoots buried in the collection, @rambryum @dbltucker I can't believe I missed itttttt. What happens when you have to move faster than a crawl...
In steppe, near the edge of saline pond. Originally thought Tortula brevipes but the awns should be smooth and leaf margins revolute. Doesn't seem to fall anywhere comfortably within McIntosh (1986). Unsure if Tortula or Syntrichia. If Syntrichia, I keyed it to S calcicola calcicola which doesn't make sense (not known from North America). Doesn't match up with the saline endemic Tortulas (nevadensis and heimii)
Starting out here-- based on loose similarities in spore structure and seemingly unornamented but polygonally patterned cleistothecial wall. On Syntrichia. Microscopy done. Syntrichia growing on backshore sands
Gathered in a soil / leaf litter sample in my back yard, amongst sword fern / bracken / salmonberry, under alder and hemlock.
Collected via Berlese Funnel, cleared for 1 day in 88% Lactic Acid.
no Pseudocelli at antenna base
--> Hypogastruridae
On Thuja plicata. Very small, tough, with white margin but not exactly lecanorene. ID tenative.
From UBC Specimen Collected by W. B. Schofield And J. D. Godfrey "On ceiling and crevices of overhanging cliff grotto"
Collection data here:
https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4056509&clid=0
Spotted by. @bstarzomski over DOM and bryophytes
On resin of large fallen Tsuga heterophylla. stalk about 1.5 mm max.
asci 91-110 x 6.5-8.5. Spores dark brown, 1 septate, 14.8-16.2 x 5.3-7.
KOH-
On old Fomitopsis ochracea basidiocarp along with Trichoderma stritipile. Perithecial necks: 1.4-3.8 mm long x 0.15-0.28 mm diam. Spores: 3.6-6.1x1.1-1.7 µm
Bird in upper left. Second report, and first confirmed record for Vancouver Island. Third Spring record for British Columbia.
See North American Birds; Volume 59, issue 3.
Collected as part of community science effort led by @chyland Seen with @stephbrulot
Depth < 1 meter
Water Temp: 2.6 C
4 individuals found on a Potamogeton plant
Description per Hydra collecting for citizen scientists V.3 https://www.protocols.io/view/hydra-collecting-for-citizen-scientists-14egnzonpg5d/v3?step=4
Name of the location: Spectacle Lake Provincial Park
GPS coordinates: 48.577477, -123.569649
Date and time: December 28, 2023 at 1:33 PM
Brief description of the location: Loose mud bottom lake stocked with Smallmouth Bass and 2 species of trout.
Any wildlife observed: Numerous water mites freeswimming and freshwater sponges. Area where hydras collected dense with Potamogeton amplifolius, on which the Hydras were found
Human activity observed: Myself and Steph snorkelling and a couple dogwalkers.
Description of the weather including air and water temperature: Water temp 2.6 C, air temp I think 6-8C
Number of Individuals: 4 collected, no others seen (didn't look too hard after finding these as it was freezing cold and we didn't have much left in us)
Growing on Elodea canadensis. I have truly no idea. In freshwater
Dumort? On fine silty compacted trail margin
UID 53, 1780
Habitat: on branch; Bark texture: rough; Height above ground(m): 16.8
Leaves bordered by hyaline elongate cells with long ciliate teeth. Shoulders highly ciliate, leaf cells papillose throughout.
on Ancistrocerus. Not sure these mites are also on this Ancistrocerus species?
On this wasp: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/172928112
Truly no clue whatsoever.
Depth < 1 meter
Water Temp: 2.6 C
Seen with @stephbrulot