Finally found some ripe enough to eat!
I also finally found a safe way to climb up to the top of the hill the trees are on, so this is the first close up picture of the single tree at the back.
If we had a ladder, the branches are so low we could pick the fruit by hand (or attach it to the branch with an organza bag so when it's ripe enough to fall it doesn't get bruised, lol...
I put the fruits in a little collander to mash them up without the seeds getting in the way, and we're now just cleaning the seeds off by eating the pulp off of them lol.
This observation is just for the one back tree, but the other two (or three, hard to tell) both also have fruit on them, I just forgot to get specific pictures of them.
All three (or four, lol) trees are at the end of the walking path where it loops back around in on itself, straight across from the third planted maple on the edge of the lake. The satelite view hasn't been updated yet to show the path or the dog park, so I can't mark the exact correct location. Whenever the satelite view finally updates, I'll update the map markers of all of these to be as specific as possible.
We found a bunch of fruits on the ground, and even more are still up on the tree, ranging from green to yellow to starting to turn orange. Most of them seem to still be on the greener side.
Pellaea atropurpurea, Twin Creek Nature Preserve, Washington County, Indiana, 7 Aug 2010.
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Additional images added 2-15-22 clearly showing lamellae; leaf sections mid leaf to ~2/3rds
A very cool aquatic insect found in a fresh water pond. They swim on their backs, paddling with the longest, hind pair of legs. The abdomen is lined with long hairs, best seen in photos 4-6.
Spectacular. This recently cut Sycamore Maple stump is livid with cheesy goop fungi feeding on the tree's sap.
tiny, bright red, shiny spheres on a black crust fungus (Diatrype stigma?) on a detached hardwood limb, possibly a red oak. possibly Nectria?
for the substrate: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150281920
Tentative ID. About 5 or 6 mm long I think. Hard. Found under a spiderweb under a log.
YF2
Collected by Ryan Callahan from Quercus ?laurifolia on 1/29/2023, cut out the same day
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146144531
Tiny black spots of Acer negundo twigs (Boxelder)
I'm interested in the little islands with orange borders on a dead Boxelder maple twig (Acer negundo). The tiny black spots are a fungus, but the orange regions are mysterious.
This bright albino pigeon got the attention of passers by in Central Park. "That's a good lookin' pigeon!" one father exclaimed to his young son.
Hymenophore lamellate (unlike D. confragosa which have daedaleoid hymenophores). These fungi were growing on some hardwood sticks. They were smaller than an average D. confragosa.
H/t to Sigrid. Instructive to see this next to an amber jelly. The descriptive text speaks of mineral inclusions, which would be the opaque centers reminiscent of pale
pomegranate seeds.
This is one of the most fantastic things I've ever seen.
I found it interesting that the pores were running down the stem. On a hardwood stick
For the mystery cocoon / crimped leaf / gall see:
already reported to appropriate organizations
Time lapse of newly emerged monarch caterpillar feeding while oleander aphid molts: https://giphy.com/gifs/milkweed-common-aphid-oF5DRBahltEAe7SFn8