Infected wasp (Polistes sp. I think) on a living tree branch near a seasonal stream
Dead paper wasp on nest with cordyceps.
The intent of this observation is to identify the dark green stuff – hypomyces or Trichoderma growing on the mushroom. But since I have never seen a mushroom like this, I am willing to take it as a mixed collection. It is not unusual in this location to find Armillaria growing in the mowed grass, so perhaps the secondary fungus deformed – and separated – the gills. The stalk has white fibrils similar to Armillaria, the bulb at the base of the stalk may not match.
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Image #3: First pass at microscopy not conclusive
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 11, 2013.
Growing beneath mostly Pinus taeda. Elaphomyces sp. host included in this observation.
Same location as these:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144023674
Specimen shipped out to Richard Tehan!
our resident jumper in the RV, enjoying a Halyomorpha halys meal
Substrate. American Sweetgum seed capsules
Reference. WCH-20180701-08
Rust fungus growing on the underside of a may apple leaf in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.
This is my best guess based on p.95 of Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians: A Reference Guide. Growing on buried hickory nut husks at the edge of a dense mixed forest.
infected/dead spider on the underside of a Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) leaf, abdomen pointing away from the leaf
Beautiful orange ascomycetes growing in mud/soil at a disturbed forest edge.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132150393
Beautiful orange ascomycetes growing in mud/soil at a disturbed forest edge.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134210840
Parasitized millipede found on a forested trail.
Kept in a plastic baggie for 2 days, and it "bloomed" into this:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67622068
Amanita oakmanensis--An Amanita species discovered by me and described/named (after my town & the location in which it was found) by Rod Tulloss. Falls within Amanita section Vaginatae » series Penetratrices . See the links below for more information.
http://www.amanitaceae.org/?Amanita+oakmanensis
https://mushroomobserver.org/339379?q=1SMKZ
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MN650866
Field Notes:
Growing on a ridge side below hickories and oaks (in moss) in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest.
Zonate cap. Stem hollow. I, unfortunately, made a mess of the bulb when trying to dig it out from deep moss!
On a molted spider on the underside of an oak leaf
Ecoregion: Southern Outer Piedmont
Habitat: Apparently healthy Argiope aurantia female spider observed on web on 2020-09-28 (Observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64953225). On 2020-10-18, noted that web had disappeared. Found spider on door frame covered in white fungus.
Substrate: Spider, Argiope aurantia (female)
Collection #: WCH-20201018-01
MO#: 446937
Identified pictured specimen as well as smaller on unpictured under old leaf litter beneath an oak and holly tree at a north facing forest egde
I noticed these bizarre, curled leaf galls on Poison Ivy recently, but I was unable to stop to inspect them more closely. I did not initially see any signs that these structures were fungal in nature (very hard to get a good view when one has a curious 100+lb dog in tow), but my return to this location now has me questioning this entirely. The one thing that really struck me was that these galls were near or on the same plants as Pileolaria brevipes.
See link to petiole infection + gall below:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156730159
See link to leaf infection below:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156730161
I bisected these gall-like structures as best as I could whilst wearing nitrile gloves, but none of the interiors revealed any arthropod inhabitants. What I did notice was that the interiors were of a similar rust/pink hue as the stem infections by P. brevipes.
I'm far from an expert on the life cycles of Uredinomycete fungi, but from what I'm reading, many of them have five spore stages with two required hosts (heteroecious). P. brevipes seems to only require one host (autoecious) while having three spore stages.
Is it possible that these are all are the same fungus in different spore stages?
Related observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156730158
Rust on Toxicodendron radicans petiole
Related observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156730158
Adorably small sundews at a sandstone outcrop/glade
Cream colored stripes, and on chestnut oak. We have an emergence of adults of this species the second week of July every year here on our property.
Rich woods. Population included a few individuals with green striped petals and some with purplish stamens.
Small population growing beside creek in hardwood forest.
on wild rose, maybe Rosa palustris
In a shallow puddle on a dirt road in a clearing in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.
Cocoon on Pycnanthemum sp. At a mixed forest clearing.
Maybe Bucculatricidae?
Growing in mixed woods under water oaks.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Nov. 4, 2018.
Small, hard caps, about 1 cm in diameter, black in color. Pore surface white. Growing on some Privet shrubs, alongside a busy street.
rigid, nearly cup-like structures growing on a deciduous branch near a creek (lots of sweetgum, sycamore, oak, and maple nearby). will post more photos of the cross-sections/interiors--which are full of brown spores
Troops of match-like structures, parasitizing Stereum sp. Private garden in the Pine Barrens.
In Greasy Cove. Part of the Great Alabama Croomia Belt.
On rotten deciduous wood touching the ground. Warts. Color is more orange. Big frutingbody. abundant.
Collected following the 2022 Gulf South Mycological Society Annual Winter Foray held in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Focus Stacked with Zerene Stacker
mixed woods with Pinus, Acer, Quercus and more:)
purple basal mycelium
Growing in lichens and moss near an exposed rocky area by a dam/reservoir.
Mixed woods with hemlock. Preserve. The area was flooded during the fall. 3-4 pores per mm. delicate, thin, arachnoid, with delicate rhyzomorphs. White rot. Decorticate deciduous.
Striking cystidia or "dendrohyphidia" present in pileipellis, stipitipellis and at the lamellar edge.
Frbs not exceeding 2mm, growing on attached corticated branches of Quercus cf. cerris, Slovakia. Spores rust brown 4.7-5.6 x 3.9-4.5. Clamp connections present.