Monday in Nature September 26, 2016

[Laura Weishaupt]

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<p>Good Morning,<br>

It's been a busy week with no time to write, so we'll dive in. The opener is from the foray in Virginia. <em>Stemonitis splendans</em> has been overtaken by an unidentified fungus, possibly a hyphomycete. So many things happen on an inch of wood. What's happening in your area? Let's get the week off to a good start, after all, it's Monday in Nature.</p><div></div>

[Bill J Boyd]

<p><strong>American White Pelican</strong> landing in...</p><div></div>

[biomed]

<p>With overnight temperatures falling it produces some interesting photo opportunities of spiders' webs.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18289067-md.jpg" alt="_E6A7871" width="680" height="453" border="0" /></center><center>Canon 7D II + Sigma 105mm macro lens</center>

[cegeiss]

<p>The White Mountains happened to be pretty cold and windy this weekend. We took a group of first year students on a hike up the Crawford Path (supposedly America's oldest continuously maintained hiking path) and enjoyed an amazing hike through fog and sun.</p><div></div>

[sallymack]

<p>The <i>Archaea</i> at Cullinan Ranch wetlands restoration site was bulldozed yesterday.</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p><strong><em>"restoration site was bulldozed yesterday"</em></strong><br>

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<strong><em><br /></em></strong>Oh, no!</p>

[Mary Doo]

<p>Aphids on Hairy Balls Milkweed (Asclepias Physocarpa) seed pod .</p><div></div>

[ronald_duren]

<p>A Mockingbird feeding on red berries from a conifer (possibly a Yew?) in Fort Tyron Park NYC.</p><div></div>

[dcstep]

<p><strong>Northern Harrier Hunts</strong></p>

<p><a title="Harrier Hunts" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8039/29814966011_9fbe56d141_c.jpg" alt="Harrier Hunts" width="800" height="533" /></a></p>

[gordonjb]

<p>I found this fungus on the trail while out for my morning walk a few days back. There was only the one specimen and I have no idea what it is.</p><div></div>

[fgorga]

<p>Greater Yellowlegs with Prey</p><div></div>

[RickDB]

<p>Common yellowthroat (female) darting about in the scrub looking for insects.</p><div></div>

[cwphoto]

<p>Milky Way Sept 25, Lyman Run St Pk. <br>

Nikon D800 w/14mm Rokinon</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Gordon,<br>

Compare your finding with <em>Gomphus kaufamnii</em>.....check distribution range to see is it's a fit. It is in the Gomphus genus.....pretty sure. </p>

[User_2019667]

<p>The golden hour.</p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>Whoops, I meant to say Nikon!</p>

[ShunCheung]

<p>While pelicans</p><div></div>

[Miha]

<p>Hi,<br>

my photo shows a dwarf carline thistle or a silver thistle. The legend goes this flower is forecasting the weather. If it is open in the evening, the next day will be sunny or at least dry, if it is closed in the evening, in the night or the next day it will be raining. Well, in the most cases the flower's forecast is correct.</p><div></div>

[jonathan_parkhouse1]

<p>Musk Beetle</p><div></div>

[gordonjb]

<p>Thanks Laura. A preliminary look into the <em>Gomphus</em> would seem to suggest that this is <em>kaufamnii. My specimen fits that description better than any of the other Gomphus. The distribution maps I have found so far, indicate that this is mainly a west coast species although I did find reference to it in the Appalachians. I'm considerably north of that region? I'll keep looking. </em></p>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Gordon,<br>

I have a description (1973) of this mushroom when it was still considered a Chanterell. It used to be considered uncommon to rare. That publication doesn't mention Appalachians, but modern descriptions do. Interestingly, <a href="http://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?l=r&nom=Turbinellus%20kauffmanii%20/%20Chanterelle%20de%20Kauffman&post=Turbinellus&gro=46&tag=Turbinellus%20kauffmanii">mycoquebec</a> has this species on the web site and you don't need to speak French to see in the notes that it's this first record of the species in Quebec. It's under the genus name of <em>Turbinellus</em>. Bookmark that website, if you're not familiar with it. It is one of my favorites and is up to date with names.</p>

<p>It might also be <em>G. floccosus (</em>aka<em> Turbinellus floccosus). </em>While most images of this species portray it as more orange, my 1973 publication ("How to Know The Non-Gilled Fleshy Fungi" by Smith, describes the hue as "cream color to darker", and the top as "coarsely floccose-scaly to merely floccose". It's range back then was described as "...conifer forests, especially hemlock, eastern North America, Great Lakes region".</p>

<p>So you can see how much things change, and there can be a lot of variation between books and images. It is also possible that you have a species that is different altogether, and undescribed. I'm quite serious about that. A new Chanterelle was recently described from the woods around Chicago. You can be comfortable with the genus as Gomphus/Turbinellus. Exact species may be a question at this time, but the names here represent the range that you mushroom is in.</p>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Gordon, also consider that the Appalachians go all the way to Newfoundland. I checked Mushrooms of Northeastern North America and both species mentioned above are in it. That book also covers NE Canada as well as Maritime provinces.</p>

[Matthew Currie]

<p>I had a similar fungus on the fungus here to the original, except in that case it was whole mushrooms covered with the light blue growth, however I already posted it to the Nikon forum so won't bother again.</p>

<p>In the mean time, a nice big juicy garden spider has planted herself conveniently by the pond, and I've been going out and trying various odd lenses on the D3200. This time it was the 35/2.8 PC, which focuses decently close, and is nice and sharp, though the 700 pixel JPG does not do it full justice. </p><div></div>

[gordonjb]

<p>Laura, <br /> I was looking for this under <em>Turbinellus</em> as that seemed to be the recent genus name. I'll check the mycoquebec site. While the Appalachians do go a long way east I'm not sure if they go as far north as my location, mid way up the Georgian Bay but that does put me squarely within the Great Lakes region.<br>

This mushroom is in the middle of a walking path in my woods so I will look for others and see if it comes up in the same spot next year. In the same area of mixed woods, beech, maple, oak, spruce and hemlock, there are 3 species of chanterelles and they come up every year in the same spots.<br /> Thanks again for all of your help.</p>

[User_6667263]

<p>Sunrise on Mt. Hayden on the north rim of the Grand Canyon.</p><div></div>